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EDITH   DALEY 


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A  complete  list  of  the  names  of  the  men  who 
entered  the  service  of  the  United  States  from  this 
county  during  the  war,  is  nowhere  to  be  found. 
Much  effort  has  been  made  to  perfect  the  list  for 
this  history.  It  is  important  that  whoever  discov- 
ers the  name  of  a  service  man  that  has  been  omitted, 
shall  write  such  name  in  this  book,  in  its  proper 
place,  in  the  printed  columns.  Also  write  the  name 
on  a  postcard  and  mail  to  the  undersigned,  for  in- 
sertion in  a  possible  second  edition  of  this  history. 
H.  J.  B.  WRIGHT,  M.  D., 
Ryland  Bldg.,  San  Jose,  California. 


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ANNOUNCEMENT 


„The  Santa  Clara  County  Historical  Society  earnestly  desires  to  preserve  the  record  of 
the  noble  work  done  and  the  sacrifices  made  by  the  people  of  this  county  in  support  of  our 
nation  during  the  world-war.  This  book  is  offered  to  our  fellow  citizens  for  that  pur- 
pose. The  descriptive  text— the  first  half  of  the  book — was  written  by  Edith  Daley 
while  the  war  was  in  progress;  the  accuracy  of  her  statements  and  the  felicity  of  her 
composition  are  important  factors  of  this  history.  The  remainder  of  the  book  has  been 
produced  by  the  historical  society  at  much  cost  of  labor  and  without  hope  of  pecuniary 
reward. 

H.  J.  B.  WEIGHT,  President. 
Santa  Clara  County  Historical  Society. 
San  Jose,  Dec.  22,  1919. 


THE  WAR  HISTORY  OF 
SANTA  CLARA  COUNTY 


VjT  he  great  volume  of  war  work  activities  de- 
^■^  scribed  in  the  following  pages  is  the  result  of 
many  co-operating  forces.  Each  patriotic  worker 
deemed  his  obligation  equal  with  the  soldier  in  the 
trench,  to  do  and  sacrifice  to  the  limit  of  power  in 
response  to  every  call  of  the  government.  Every 
War  Work  organization  was  imbued  with  this 
splendid  spirit  of  true  Americanism  and  every 
patriotic  effort  and  sacrifice  has  made  history  for 
Santa  Clara  County,  that  will  be  everlasting. 

If  we  were  to  single  out  one  of  these  as  being 
more  important  than  the  others  the  press  is  cer- 
tainly  that   one.     The   numerous   papers   published 


in  this  county  have  undoubtedly  made  possible  the 
marvelous  organization  of  the  War  Work  Council 
with  all  its  ramifications  and  detail,  the  Women 's 
Molilized  Army,  the  Red  Cross '  wonderfully  aug- 
mented activities,  and  various  other  allied  organi- 
zations. And  space  is  here  taken  to  enter  a  recog- 
nition of  the  power  of  the  press  in  this  work. 

Let  us  not  overlook  the  fact  that  churches, 
schools,  fraternal  societies,  social  and  scientific 
organizations,  business  concerns,  the  widow  with 
her  mite,  and  the  boot-black  with  his  brushes,  all 
united  in  one  great  heroic  and  patriotic  effort  to 
resist  the  vicious  Hun. 


WAR  HISTORY  OF  SANTA  CLARA  COUNTY 


Santa  Clara  County's  part  in  the  world  war. 
Things  in  the  process  of  making  rarely  reveal 
their  true  significance.  We  await  completion  be- 
fore measuring  values.  During  the  hurry  and 
stress  of  war-time  responsibilities  when  even  the 
average  easy-going  citizen  was  called  upon  to  bear 
unusual  burdens,  we  did  not  realize  that  the  activ- 
ities in  which  we  were  engaged  constituted  the 
making  of  history.  Time  mellows  experience  and 
the  story  of  yesterday's  fighting  on  the  home  line 
will  be  painted  in  softer  colors  by  reason  of  the 
interval   and  the   perspective  we   have   gained. 

With  the  fifth  liberty  loan,  the  victory  loan 
campaign,  a  thing  of  the  past  and  its  files  already 
dusty,  the  state,  the  county  and  the  city  awaken  to 
the  fact  that  various  war  activities  were  illumi- 
nated pages  in  the  great  world  war  history.  The 
fighters  in  the  home  trenches  had  their  battles  and 
their  victories  no  less  than  did  the  sons  of  Old 
Glory  who  followed  the  light  of  its  stars  overseas. 
The  war  that  had  seemed  very  far  away  sud- 
denly came  near — so  near  that  the  cold  steel  of 
the  enemy  touched  warm  American  hearts.  Ger- 
many had  started  it.  We  suddenly  knew  that  it 
was  up  to  us  to  finish  it — at  whatever  cost. 

On  April  6,  1917,  President  Woodrow  Wilson 
signed  the  resolution  of  congress  declaring  the 
"existence  of  a  state  of  war"  and  asking  that  all 
the  resources  of  the  United  States  be  ' '  directed 
to  prosecute  hostilities  against  the  German  govern- 
ment to  a  successful  termination. ' '  Resources 
meant  not  only  men  but  money — money  for  the 
maintenance  of  our  dwn  army  and  navy,  and 
money  to  loan  our  allies  against  the  coming  of 
that  "successful  termination."  We  were  reminded 
of  what  Napoleon  once  said,  that  the  three  essen- 
tials to  the  prosecution  of  successful  warfare  were 
money,  money  and  money."  Fifty  years  ago  over 
three  billion  dollars  was  raised  to  provide  for  the 
expenses  of  the  civil  war.  In  1917  the  country's 
wealth  was  eight  times  as  great  and  the  banking 
resources  20  times  as  great.  Whatever  America 
had  to  do  she  was  able  to  do. 

There  were  two  ways  of  raising  the  amount 
needed:  Germany's  method  of  taxation  or  the  issu- 
ance of  bonds.  Uncle  Sam  borrowed,  giving  his 
interest    bearing    promissory   note    to    every  man. 


More  than  10,(\0ft  loyal  citizens  led  by  City  Man- 
ager Thomas  H.  R«et3,rwbo  jv^is  ie!jpcn,siJ)l,e  for  the 
day's  success,  marched  through  tte-  oity'S.  streets 
while  the  Stars  and  Stripes  waved  above  them  and 
bands  played  Dixie  and  America — and  the  thrill- 
ing Marseillaise.  Thousands  of  hearts  swelling 
and  throats  tightening  queerly  when  the  flag  went 
by  I  We  began  to  realize  that  war  encompassed 
us  all. 

That  night,  at  a  great  mass  meeting  in  the 
high  school  auditorium  hundreds  unanimously 
pledged  hearts  and  hands  to  the  country's  cause. 
There  we  renewed  our  "allegiance  to  the  flag  and 
to  the  high  principles  of  liberty,  humanity  and 
justice  which  it  represents. ' ' 

On  May  3,  1917,  the  announcement  was  made 
that  the  first  offering  of  bonds  authorized  under 
the  finance  law  Would  be  $2,000,000,000.  "Liberty 
Loan"  issue,  open  to  popular  subscription  at  par; 
subscriptions  to  be  received  until  June  15.  Bonds 
to  be  dated  July  1  and  ready  for  delivery  then. 
Bonds  were  attractively  exempt  from  taxation — 
except  estate  or  inheritance  taxes,  and  bore  three 
and  one-half  per  cent  interest.  Denominations 
were  from  $50  to  $100,000  and  payments  arranged 
on  easy  terms,  two  per  cent  payable  on  applica- 
tion. The  12  Federal  Reserve  Banks  were  desig- 
nated as  the  central  agencies  in  their  respective 
districts.  Santa  Clara  county's  quota  was  approx- 
imately $2,000,000,  this  amount  being  figured  with 
the  bank  deposits  as  a  basis. 

Boys  were  enlisting — volunteering.  Adolph 
B.  Canelo  Jr.,  offered  his  services  to  his  country 
and  hurrieid  home  from  Columbia  university  at 
this  time,  being  ordered  to  the  Presidio  at  San 
Francisco.  L.  M.  Farrell  was  made  a  lieutenant 
colonel  and  ordered  to  important  duties  in  the  San 
Joaquin  valley.  We  were  watching  this  San  Jos- 
ean  's  rapid  military  rise  with  neighborly  interest 
and  pride.  Katherine  Burke,  the  dynamic  Scottish 
hospital  worker  who  had  seen  experience  on  every 
fighting  front,  Kvas  here  thrilling  us  with  vivid 
word  pictures  of  things  overseas.  Colonel  Theo- 
dore Roosevelt  was  using  his  most  strenuous 
endeavor  to  gain  permission  to  raise  a  regiment 
for  service  in  France.  This  touched  us  closely 
through   our   own   Dave   Dobbins   whose   patriotism 


woman    and   child   who   offered    him    their    savings       flamed  to  meet  that  of  the  First  American.     Dave 


or  their  wealth. 

Secretary  of  the  Treasury  W.  G.  McAdoo,  on 
April  10  predicted  the  amount  of  the  bond  issue 
that  would  be  needed.  Then  we  began  to  talk  of 
buying  government  bonds  as  we  might  have  talked 
of  purchasing  a  commutation  ticket  previously. 
Men  talked  it  over.  Bonds.  A  big  issue.  Not  all 
at  once  but  as  funds  were  needed.  When  Uncle 
Sam  asked  for  a  "loan"  it  meant  that  real  war 
was  ahead.  People  checked  up  their  savings. 
More  and  more  flags  fluttered  out  everywhere. 
The  sky  was  ablaze  with  them.  A  new  tenseness 
and  seriousness  pervaded  business  circles.  Then 
came  the  never-to-be-forgotten  nation-wide  observ- 
ance of  Preparedness     Day — on     April     12,   1917. 


didn't  go  then.  Roosevelt  was  rejected  by  his 
country  and  this  tragic  disappointment  Dave 
Dobbins  shared.  Nothing  daunted  he  went  to 
Canada  and  enlisted  there.  We  glorified  in  his 
determination  when  he  returned  to  San  Jose  for 
a  few  days  some  months  ago  in  the  natty  uniform 
of   an    English   aeroplane   instructor. 

We  began  to  hear  of  war  gardens  and  food 
conservation,  of  the  council  of  defense  and  regis- 
tration. There  were  frequent  flag  presentations 
and  we  learned  how  to  properly  salute  Old  Glory. 
Men  who  kept  their  hats  on  when  the  grandest 
flag  on  earth  "went  by  met  strangely  questioning 
looks.  We  were  absorbing  the  war  spirit.  It  came 
to   us  in   larger  measure  when  we  who  stayed  at 


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home  realized  that  by  buying  bon^i  ,we  could  fight 
with  our,',nft)he^.;  ■•.,•■•.",•■  ;      ;  ,'/,  ,   _' 

Abotft'-thi's'  <iime"'Jo6dp^'Sl.  Parker,  manager 
of  the  Sperry  Flour  company,  spoke  prophetically. 
The  price  of  flour  and  other  commodities  had  been 
steadily  climbing.  Some  one  asked  Parker  what 
he  thought  about  the  probable  continuance  of 
high  prices. 

"Even  if  the  war  were  finished  today,"  said 
Parker,  "Europe  will  be  left  with  millions  of  tired 
men,  shot  and  broken  to  pieces.  Their  tools  and 
implements  have  long  been  out  of  service  and  the 
soil  is  ruined  for  tillage.  It  will  be  several  years 
before  they  can  feed  themselves.  We  will  have 
to  feed  them.  With  Europe  looking  to  us  for  food 
the  price  of  foodstuffs  \vill  not  come   down. ' ' 

On  May  14,  1917,  the  details  of  the  Liberty 
Loan  were  telegraphed  all  over  the  country.  Offi- 
cers training  camps  opened.  Men  flocked  to  fill 
them,  Pacifists  were  abroad  in  the  land,  their 
voices  raised  in  protest  against  the  country 's  war 
policy.  The  Espionage  measure  was  passed  May 
14.  We  began  to  hear  the  ominous  words  "slack- 
er," "disloyalty,"  and  "sedition."  The  old  easy 
settled  routine  of  things  was  sadly  disturbed  at 
the  time  of  the  beginning  of  the  first  Liberty 
Loan  drive. 

FIEST  LIBERTY  LOAN  DRIVE 

California  was  divided  into  two  districts  with 
the  Tehachapi  the  dividing  line  and  Los  Angeles 
and  San  Francisco  headquarters.  The  northern 
district  was  divided  into  sixteen  sub-districts  with 
a  competent  bond  seller  in  charge  of  each.  Before 
the  real  campaign  started  voluntary  local  bond 
subscriptions  began  to  come  in.  The  Knights 
Templar  and  Observatory  Parlor  of  the  Native 
Sons  were  the  first  Fraternal  organizations  to  buy 
bonds.  Sen.  Frank  H.  Benson  and  Judge  Urban 
A.  Sontheimer  are  on  record  as  having  advocated 
the  early  purchase  of  Liberty  Bonds  by  the  Native 
Sons. 

May  23,  1917,  by  telegraphic  designation,  the 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury  and  A.  Kains,  Governor 
of  the  Federal  Reserve  Bank  of  San  Francisco, 
appointed  a  local  committee  for  handling  the  cam- 
paign in  Santa  Clara  county,  particularly  to  receive 
bond  subscriptions.  The  following  men  were 
named:  John  Brooke,  Vice-President  Safe  Deposit 
Bank,  Chairman;  W.  K.  Beans,  president  of  Bank 
of  San  Jose;  W.  E.  Blauer,  manager  local  branch 
of  Bank  of  Italy;  W.  S.  Clayton,  president  First 
National  Bank;  T.  8.  Montegomery,  president  Gar- 
den City  Bank  and  Trust  Company;  Wilbur 
Edwards,   jjresident   Security    Savings   Bank. 

The  opening  of  the  Second  Officers '  Training 
Camp  preceded  the  first  Bond  Drive.  Very  few 
San  Joseang  ever  knew  that  the  work  of  inter- 
viewing and  examining  all  the  applicants  for 
shoulder  straps  and  military  titles  was  done  by  a 
working  volunteer  committee  of  three.  W.  S. 
Clayton,  A.  B.  Post  and  V.  J.  LaMotte  did  this 
patriotic  service  rejecting  the  men  they  considered 


unfit  and  sending  the  others  to  San  Francisco  for 
acceptance   or  rejection   by  the  ' '  higher   powers. ' ' 

The  little  old  oak  table  in  room  401  in  the 
First  National  Bank  building  could  unfold  an 
interesting  tale  if  it  had  a  voice.  Beside  it  the 
commititee  of  three  met  the  embryo  officers  and 
here  also  the  real  work  of  the  first  liberty  bond 
drive  had  its  beginning.  On  the  evening  of  May 
24,  1917,  a  few  San  Jose  men  gathered  in  this 
room  to  talk  over  the  task  that  confronted  the 
nation  and  the  task  that  awaited  them. 

It  was  a  poorly  attended,meeting.  No  extra 
chairs  had  to  be  brought  in.  Around  the  worn  old 
table  were  W.  S.  Clayton,  Dr.  W.  C.  Bailey,  John 
Kuster,  E.  K.  Johnston,  H.  L.  Baggerly,  J.  D.  Far- 
well  and  perhaps  one  or  ^wo  others  whose  names 
are  forgotten.  No  records  were  kept.  Only  the 
little  room  and  the  oak  table  can  tell  the  whole 
story.  It  was  an  earnest  gathering  and  the  power 
generated  here  won  a  smashing  victory  in  Bonds 
with  which  to  back  up  the  boys! 

This  office  had  no  telephone  so  on  May  26 
these  volunteers  moved  into  rooms  701-702.  This 
was  E.  N.  Richmond's  office  and  he  donated  its 
use  during  the  entire  period  of  the  first  and  second 
Bond  drives.  In  the  new  headquarters  there  was 
another  small  but  significant  meeting  on  the  even- 
ing of  "moving  day,"  May  26,  1917.  At  this 
memorable  time  a  complete  working  commiittee 
was  named.  John  D.  Kuster,  manager  of  the  Pa- 
cific Gas  and  Electric  Company  was  made  County 
chairman  and  Dr.  W.  C.  Bailey  secretary.  The 
bank  committee  previously  named  by  Kains  and 
McAdoo  Svas  supplemented  by  other  appointments, 
making  the  personnel  of  the  original  bond  workers 
as  follows: 

John  D.  Kuster,  Dr.  W.  0.  Bailey,  John  F. 
Brook,  E.  N.  Richmond,  J.  D.  Farwell,  Howell  D. 
Melvin,  H.  L.  Baggerly,  Elton  R.  Shaw,  Geo.  N. 
Herbert,  Alfred  B.  Post,  Wm.  E.  Blauer,  E.  K. 
Johnston,  Walter  Mathewson,  V.  J.  La  Motte,  W. 
S.  Clayton,  G.  R.  Parkinson,  Herbert  Robinson, 
H.  G.  Coykendall,  Chas.  R.  Parkinson  and  Wilbur 
J.   Edwards. 

A  new  and  very  grave  responsibility  had  to 
be  faced.  Each  man  realized  that  there  was  a 
tremendous  task  ahead.  There  was  no  organiza- 
tion, no  plan.  A  way  had  to  be  found.  Each  man 
only  knew  that  Uncle  Sam  had  touched  him  on  the 
shoulder  and  that  he  was  expected  to  put  that 
shoulder  to  the  wheel  of  national  affairs  and  help 
to  win  the  war.  Not  a  man  faltered  though  it 
meant  the  hardest  kind  of  work  and  the  neglect 
of  his  private  business  interests.  This  was  "big 
business."  San  Jose  and  Santa  Clara  County 
men  of  affairs  would  do  their  loyal  part  in  com- 
pany with  the  humblest  citizen  sons  of  Uncle  Sam. 
Each  had  the  feeling  that  the  eyes  of  his  country- 
men were  upon  him;  that  the  empty  hands  "over 
there"  were  outstretched  to  him  in  appeal.  There 
came  a  new  thrill  of  brotherhood  for  our  allies. 
That  thrill  tightened  the  throats  of  stern  business 
men   when  news  came  that  the  Stars  and   Stripes 


WAR  HISTORY  OF  SANTA  CLARA  COUNTY 


were  floating  high  over  Victoria  Tower  in  Lon- 
don— the  first  time  in  the  history  of  a  thousand 
years  that  any  flag  other  than  the  English  had 
been  raised  over  the  "Mother  of  Parliament." 

Work  began  in  earnest.  Telephones  and  auto- 
mobiles were  requisitioned.  The  committee  forgot 
to  look  at  the  clock.  On  May  25,  Senator  James 
D.  Phelan  telegraphed  from  Washington  "We  are 
fighting  for  our  liberty  with  the  weapon  nearest 
our  hand.  The  Liberty  Bond  is  such  a  weapon." 
Slogans  met  one  everywhere.  "Have  you 
bought  your  Liberty  Bond?"  "Fight  or  Pay;" 
"Enlist  or  Contribute,"  shouted  at  the  reader 
from  every  page  of  the  newspapers.  Bonds  were 
urged  as  investments  and  suggested  as  ideal  wed- 
ding presents! 

Sunday,  May  27,  congregations  in  San  Jose 
churches,  listened  to  eloquent  appeals  to  their  loy- 
alty and  patriotism.  In  one  church  the  pastor 
changed  "Jerusalem"  to  "America"  with  telling 
effect,  his  text  reading:  "If  I  forgot  thee,  O 
America,  let  my  right  hand  forget  its  cunning." 
The  committee  on  public  meetings  consisted 
of  Elton  B.  Shaw,  E.  K.  Johnston  and  E.  N.  Eich- 
mond.  They  were  to  consult  with  Alexander 
Sheriffs,  Superintendent  of  Schools.  On  May  29, 
the  first  big  luncheon  was  held  at  the  St.  James 
hotel.  Invitations  to  attend  this  luncheon  were 
sent  to  the  executive  heads  of  all  fraternal  orders, 
church  societies,  social  clubs  and  to  all  preachers, 
teachers,  business  and  professional  men.  The 
speech  of  the  hour  was  made  by  Max  Kuhl  and 
the  spirit  of  the  gathering  was  President  Wilson  's 
message:  "The  supreme  test  of  the  nation  has 
come.     We  must  all  act  and  serve  together." 

On  Decoration  Day  hundreds  gathered  in  St. 
James  park  to  hear  Rev.  J.  W.  Kramer's  wonder- 
ful tribute  to  his  country  and  his  dramatic  appeal 
for  every  loyal  citizen 's  loyal  support  in  the  hour 
of  America's  need.  "Old  Glory,"  said  the  speaker, 
' '  May  it  wave  and  Vvave  and  never  be  furled  until 
it  is  folded  over  the  grave  of  dethroned  Prussian- 
ism!  May  it  wave  and  wave  until  war  shall  only 
be  a  fit  inscription  for  the  gates  of  hell!  And 
wave  and  wave  until  all  suffering  humanitiy  shall 
feel  the  warmth  of  its  loving  embrace! 

On  this  Decoration  Day,  C.  E.  Kratt,  the  first 
pharmacist  to  enlist,  left  San  Jose  to  join  the 
colors  and  J.  D.  Chase,  Jr.  Secretary  of  the  County 
Council  of  Defense  since  its  organization,  enlisted 
as  a  private  in  the  National  Guard. 

An  evening  in  early  June  the  committee  mot 
in  Richmond 's  office  and  Chairman  Kuster  an- 
nounced that  the  Rotarians  had  been  canvassed 
and  each  promised  to  buy  bonds.  He  had  also 
spoken  to  37  Pacific  Gas  and  Electriic  employees 
and  36  had  replied  favorably.  That  was  a  start. 
Every  bank  in  the  county  was  alive  to  the 
need  and  subscribing  liberally.  On  the  night  of 
June  6,  City  Manager  Thomas  H.  Reed  and  Cyrus 
Pierce  of  San  Francisco  addressed  a  mass  meeting 
at  the  Victory  Theatre  at  which  Judge  W.  A. 
Beasly  presided.     E.  N.   Richmond  acted   as  bond 


seller  and  $44,650  was  subscribed  on  the  spot. 
Only  about  1000  attended  this  first  mass  meeting 
but  each  of  the  1000  men  and  women  went  away 
fully  determined  that  San  Jose  should  do  its 
full  duty. 

Music  for  this  meeting  Vas  furnished  by  W. 
E.  Johnson,  assisted  by  Dr.  Charles  M.  Richards 
and  the  following  quartet:  Mrs.  Charles  Bras- 
land,  Mrs.  J.  C.  Elder,  Roy  Thompson  and  Warren 
French.  When  W.  E.  Johnson  sang  "The  Battle 
Hymn  of  the  Republic,"  and  "The  Star  Spangled 
Banner"  that  night  in  June  he  little  thought  how 
many  times  his  appealing  voice  would  wake  San 
Jose  audiences  to  heights  of  patriotism  in  the 
days  to  come — days  that  were  to  bring  him  heart- 
breaking news  in  the  casualty  lists  from  his 
"Mother  England." 

On  June  8,  1917,  led  by  Charles  R.  Parkinson, 
the  Rotarians  started  a  "Shoe  Leather  Campaign" 
of  the  residential  and  business  districts  with  an 
accompanying  "boost"  program  of  patriotic  mass 
meetings.  That  evening  at  the  high  school  mem- 
bers of  the  committee  addressed  the  student  body 
numbering  1500. 

Among  other  things,  John  Kuster  said  tersely: 
"It's  up  to  the  United  States  to  lick  Germany. 
If  we  don't  do  it  Germany  is  going  to  lick  us." 
W.  S.  Clayton  said  in  part.  "You  must  do 
your  part  if  you  intend  to  sustain  the  present  civi- 
lization  under  which  you  live." 

E.  N.  Richmond  characterized  the  present 
crisis  as  ' '  one  of  the  psychological  moments  of 
history.  Get  together  and  organize.  This  is  only 
the   first  call." 

Louis  Campiglia,  Rotarian  president,  heartily 
sanctioned  the  "Shoe  Leather  Campaign."  Fol- 
lowing the  meeting  100  high  school  boys  under  the 
direction  of  John  Lynch  president  of  the  student 
body,  formed  a  special  committee  to  canvas  the 
residential  district.  There  were  committees  ap- 
pointed to  interview  all  lawyers  and,  indirectly, 
their  clients.  This  committee  consisted  of  F.  H. 
Bloomingdale,  David  M.  Burnett,  L.  Petree  and 
L.  B.  Archer.  All  lines  of  business  were  segregated 
and  a  committee  appointed  for  each  list.  No 
business  house  ^vas  forgotten.  For  instance: 
Elmer  E.  Chase  was  given  cannerieis;  Dr.  David 
A.  Beattie,  doctors  and  nurses;  A.  G.  DuBrutz, 
plumbers;  Ferdinand  G.  Canelo  drygoods  and 
department  stores;  Robert  F.  Benson,  automobiles 
and  accessories.  Barber  shops  fell  to  the  lot  of 
Wm.  L.  Prussia.  Jay  McCabe,  being  known  for 
his  amazing  versatility,  was  handed  a  list  which 
designated  priests,  and  Chinese  and  Japanese  set- 
telments.  For  Jay's  assistance  leaflets  were 
printed  in  Japanese,  Chinese  and  Italian.  Alex- 
ander Sheriffs  was  to  interview  heads  of  type- 
writer and  ofKce  supply  houses,  including  "cash 
registers." 

Then  masculine  shoe  heels  began  to  ' '  run 
over"  and  soles  to  wear  through.  Nobod""  shirked. 
For  a  time  it  looked  as  if  the  hig)  schoo"  solicitors 
were  making  a     better  record     than   the  business 


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men.  That  caused  Captain  Charles  Parkinson  to 
send  a  letter  to  each  Rotarian  which  said  in  part: 
' '  Dear  Rotarian — We  have  been  drafted  to  do  our 
bit  in  this  most  serious  crisis  of  our  country's 
history.  No  slackers  in  Rotary!  ♦  •  *  We  can't 
afford  to  allow  the  high  school  of  San  Jose  which 
has  been  organized  to  solicit  the  residential  sec- 
tion to  beat  out  a  bunch  of  live  business  men  at 
their  own  game.  Charles  Parkinson,  Captain." 
That  increased  the  speed! 

Among  speakers  at  the  meetings  held  in  the 
various  school  houses  Svere  D.  M.  Burnett,  Judge 
U.  A.  Sontheimer,  E.  N.  Richmond,  Charles  M. 
O'Brien,  Chauncey  F.  Tramutolo,  Dr.  F.  H.  Pat- 
terson, George  N.  Herbert,  Arthur  M.  Free,  A.  G. 
DuBrutz,  W.  L.  Atkinson,  Elton  R.  Shaw,  W.  S. 
Clayton   and   City   Manager   Thomas   H.   Reed. 

Everybody  was  working  and  working  hard.  The 
office  of  Secretary  was  no  sinecure.  Dr.  W.  C. 
Bailey  was  a  whole  battery  of  big  guns  and  Chair- 
man John  Kuster  a  regular  vitalizing  current  of 
energy. 

The  "Shoe  Leather  Campaign"  opened  at  10 
a.  m.  June  11  with  ear-splitting  whistle  blasts,  a 
clamor  of  auto  horns  and  the  clang  of  fire,  church 
and  school  bells.  San  Jose  was  not  to  be  a  slacker 
city — not  while  this  First  Liberty  Loan  committee 
had  "shoe  leather  to  burn"  on  the  pavements! 

Just  here  the  "four  minute  men"  made  their 
entrance  in  the  campaign,  speaking  in  the  theatres. 
The  men  who  won  applause  and  bond  subscriptions 
in  four  minutes  were  City  Manager  Thomas  H. 
Reed,  Councilman  W.  L.  Atkinson  and  Deputy  Dis- 
trict Attorney  Fred  L.  Thomas. 

A  unique  break  in  the  routine  of  Probate  pro- 
ceedings occured  in  Judge  P.  F.  Gosbey  's  court 
•when  he  gave  permission  to  trustees  of  various 
estates  to  use  funds  for  the  purchase  of  Liberty 
Bonds.  Thousands  of  dollars  otherwise  unavail- 
able were  loaned  to  Uncle  Sam  by  this  order 
which  the  Judge  expressed  himself  as  "glad  to 
make. ' ' 

By  Wednesday,  June  13,  1917,  the  San  Josean 
who  appeared  without  a  Liberty  Loan  button  was 
not  popular.  Banks  remained  open  in  the  evenings 
from  7  to  8  for  the  benefit  of  subscribers.  Up  to 
this  time  only  361  out  of  1628  subscribers  had 
bought  bonds  directly  from  the  banks.  Banks 
were  subscribing  heavily,  the  large  percentage  of 
the  entire  loan  being  taken  by  them.  Many  sig- 
nificant subscriptions  were  made.  The  scholarship 
fund  at  the  High  School  purchased  a  $1000  bond. 
The  First  Methodist  Sunday  school  duplicated  that 
purchase  following  an  address  by  the  pastor.  Rev. 
William  L.  Stidger  in  which  he  said:  "We  are 
fighting  today  for  the  same  thing  that  Jesus  Christ 
fought  for  and  at  last  died  for — the  conservation 
of  human  liberty  and  freedom." 

About  this  time  John  D.  Kuster  made  another 
cryptic  speech:  "If  we  do  not  come  across,  Ger- 
many will!"  The  day  that  Kuster  said  that,  little 
Chester  Olson,  12  year  old  newsboy,  read  a  flam- 
ing  poster   that   said   "Those   that   stay   at   home 


must  feed  the  boys  at  the  front."  Chester  was 
patriotic — and  he  had  $10  in  the  bank.  He  "beat 
it  home"  to  ask  father  and  mother  something. 
They  consented.  Proudly  Chester  Vent  to  the 
First  National  Bank  and  negotiated  for  the  pur- 
chase of  a  $50  bond — $10  down  and  $2.50  a  month. 
He  had  made  $1.43  in  three  days.  Business  was 
good — and  Uncle  Sam  needed  the  money.  The 
boy's  heart  was  made  of  good  American  material. 
Later  Chester 's  older  brother  donned  a  uniform 
and  the  little  newsie  was  gladder  than  ever  to  be 
a  bond  owner. 

The  First  Liberty  Loan  drive  neared  a  close. 
The  amount  of  the  quota  was  almost  subscribed. 
The  banks  would  be  closed  at  11  a.  m.  June  15. 
John  D.  Kuster,  chairman.  Dr.  W.  C.  Bailey,  sec- 
retary and  every  committeeman  united  in  a  mighty 
effort  to  "boost"  San  Jose  "over  the  top."  A 
constant  stream  of  bond  buyers  congested  all  the 
banks  in  the  last  hour  with  subscriptions  totaling 
$161,000.  Frances  Craig  of  the  "Come  Out  of  the 
Kitchen ' '  Company  telegraphed  a  $500  subscrip- 
tion. Then  came  eleven  o'clock!  At  headquarters 
tired  business  men  shook  hands  and  said  to  each 
other  "we  are  over  the  top!"  The  biggest  thing 
that  the  city  and  county  had  ever  been  called 
upon  to  do  was  done  creditably.  Without  exper- 
ience, with  no  particular  organization,  by  the 
strength  of  patriotic  citizenship  and  unselfish 
effort,  John  D.  Kuster,  chairman.  Dr.  W.  C.  Bailey, 
secretary,  the  tireless  committee  and  each  man, 
woman  and  child  who  responded  to  the  country's 
call  had  helped  record  an  accomplishment  that  is 
pointed  to  with  pride.  It  was  done  without  the 
aid  of  any  particular  spontaneity.  There  was  no 
groat  intensity  of  war  spirit  but  public  spirited 
citizens  "put  it  over"  with  a  final  flourish  of 
oversubscription. 

For  San  Jose  the  number  of  subscribers  was 
4774.  For  the  county  2228  making  a  total  of  7002. 
The  amount  of  the  loan  subscribed  by  San  Jose 
was  $1,611,300  averaging  per  capita,  $337.  For 
the  county  the  subscription  was  $707,050  per  capita 
average  $317.  The  total  bond  subscription  for 
city  and  county  was  $2,318,350  wiith  a  per  capita 
average  of  $331,  and'  only  six  and  one  half  per 
cent  of  the  entire  population  subscribing.  The 
shoulders  that  Uncle  Sam  touched  had  been  put 
to  the  wheel!  Santa  Clara  county  and  San  Jose 
' '  took   the   loan. ' ' 

Invaluable  aid  was  given  during  this  and  the 
Second  Liberty  Loan  Drive  by  Fred  Lewis  Foster 
able  secretary  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce.  He 
was  combination  patriotic  assistant  secretary, 
counselor,  solicitor  and  publicity  man,  working 
quietly  but  efficiently  doing  a  tremendous  service. 
On  June  20,  1917,  after  the  "smoke  of  battle" 
had  cleared  away.  Dr.  W.  C.  Bailey,  President  of 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  also  Secretary  of 
the  Liberty  Loan  Committee,  issued  the  following 
letter  of  sincere  appreciation  addressing  it  to 
"The  Citizens:" 

"Now  that  the   first   installment   of   the   Lib- 


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erty  Loan  has  passed  into  history,"  wrote  Dr. 
Bailey,  "as  Secretary  of  the  Liberty  Loan  Com- 
mittee, anil  in  behalf  of  the  committee,  I  wish  to 
congratulate  you  upon  the  wonderful  success  of 
the  issue  and  to  rejoice  with  you  in  this  great 
exhibition  of  solid  financial  assistance  to  the  gov- 
ernment in  time  of  need.  We  simply  could  not 
fail.  Returns  are  sufficient  to  show  that  this  loan 
knew  no  territorial  divisions,  no  financial  cliques, 
no  racial  factions,  but  that  it  was  a  grand  out- 
pouring of  the  gold  of  the  whole  country  by  the 
rich  and  poor  for  united  American  democracy. 
We  are  proud  of  our  local  participation  and  we 
take  this  opportunity  to  congratulate  all  those 
who  helped  in  any  way  to  make  this  first  install- 
ment of  the  Liberty  Loan  so  splendidly  successful. 
W.  C.  BAILEY, 
Secretary  Liberty  Loan  Committee. 
COUNCIL  OF  DEFENSE 

Council  of  Defense  always  sounded  formid- 
able. It  made  you  think  of  a  beleaguered  castle 
with  foemen  at  the  draV/bridge.  It  conjured  up  a 
picture  of  invaded  liomes  and  Israel  Putnams 
leaving  horses  hitched  to  various  and  several 
plows  while  the  plowmen  hurried  forthwith  to 
grab  their  guns.  Our  local  Putnams  did.  At  least, 
under  the  guardianship  of  the  council,  they  formed 
a  home  guard  and  petitioned  an  obdurate  state 
government  to  send  along  the  guns.  The  hearts 
of  the  home  guardsmen  were  in  the  right  place; 
but  it  developed  that  tlie  Hunnish  hordes  were  not 
to  be  driven  from  the  Alviso  seaboard.  Our  home 
defense  organized  itself  along  other  lines. 

Senator  Frank  H.  Benson  is  the  man  who 
introduced  the  original  state  council  of  defense 
emergency  measure  requested  by  Governor  William 
D.  Stephens,  to  the  senate.  This  was  done  on 
March  28,  1917,  the  measure  passing  without  a 
dissenting  vote.  This  proposed  state  council  of 
defense,  to  be  composed  of  3  members  appointed 
by  the  governor,  was  to  be  empowered  to  investi- 
gate and  report  on  all  of  California's  resources 
and  military  needs. 

Local  members  of  the  council  appointed  by 
the  governor  were  Judge  P.  F.  Gosbey,  chairman; 
Henry  M.  Ayer,  chairman  board  of  supervisors; 
Arthur  B.  Langford,  sheriff;  Arthur  M.  Free,  dis- 
trict attorney.  Later  Derol  J.  Chace  was  made 
secretary,  and  George  E.  Hamilton  of  Santa  Clara 
and  H.  L.  Haehl  of  Palo  Alto  were  added  to  the 
council 's   membership. 

Derol  Chase  made  an  unselfishly  patriotic 
secretary,  giving  not  only  his  entire  time,  but  the 
use  of  his  automobile  to  the  work  of  the  council. 
Not  every  one  was  quite  clear  just  what  duties 
belonged  to  this  body  of  men,  for  the  reason  that 
their  work  wa«  of  such  a  nature  that  much  of  it 
was  a  secret  shared  only  with  their  Uncle  Sam. 
The  objects  for  which  the  nation-wide  councils 
were  formed  was  to  safeguard  the  welfare  of  the 
people  during  the  war,  to  increase  food  production 
and  promote  conservation.  To  co-operate  in  carry- 
on  business  and  industrial  pursuits  in  a  manner  as 


near  normal  as  possible.  To  classify  all  unofficial 
military  organizations  and  supervise  their  activ- 
ities. In  short,  this  council  was  to  co-ordinate 
patriotic  effort. 

San  Jose  citizens  at  this  time  were  in  a  state 
of  apathy  to  the  imminence  of  war  and  the  newly 
formed  council  seemed  something  quite  unneces- 
sary. 

No — war  didn't  seem  imminent.  Of  course 
we  were  quite  interested  in  that  army  camp  at 
Sixth  and  Santa  Clara  streets,  where  companies 
B  and  M  and  a  sanitary  detachment  were  await- 
ing orders.  Lieutenant  L.  M.  Farrell  commanded 
the  real  fighting  contingents.  Major  F.  H.  Pater- 
son  headed  the  sanitary  detachment  and  called  for 
volunteers.  Don 't  you  remember  how  queer  it 
seemed  for  those  boys  to  have  to  be  uncomfortable 
in  tents  on  that  corner  lot  when  their  homes  were 
right   here? 

Telegraphic  reports  grew  disquieting  and  the 
Sixth  street  camp  was  very  real.  It  began  to  dis- 
turb mothers  and  sisters,  sweethearts  and  Wives. 
Women  didn  't  want  war — they  protested.  They 
voiced  that  protest  by  a  long,  long  petition 
against  war,  a  petition  forwarded  to  Washington. 
They  were  not  disloyal — they  just  didn 't  want 
WAR!  It  is  a  way  women  have  to  want  to  keep 
the  loved  ones  safe  at  home.  Then,  unexpectedly, 
that  corner  lot  camp  was  broken  up.  Companies 
B  and  M  left  April  2,  1917,  under  orders.  Lieu- 
tenant Farrell,  who  didn 't  stay  a  lieutenant  very 
long,  sent  a  parting  shot  to  the  petition  signers. 
Farrell  was  a  two-fisted  fighting  man — and  he  Was 
looking  ahead.  He  announced  in  plain  terms  that 
the  ' '  time  is  upon  us  when  unpreparedness  is 
madness. ' ' 

The  Council  of  Defense  began  to  have  meet- 
ings. The  war  cloud  on  the  horizon  was  no  longer 
the  size  of  a  man's  hand.  We  heard  talk  of  the 
war,  if  it  came,  not  being  ' '  against  the  German 
people  but  against  the  kaiser."  Fine  lines  were 
drawn  that  shells  and  shrapnel  didn't  ever 
recognize. 

Dominic  DiFiori,  University  of  Santa  Clara 
graduate,  enlisted  in  the  aviation  corps  and  said 
goodbye.  Local  regiments  were  forming.  Major 
Herbert  L.  Partridge,  retired,  was  acting  colonel 
of  one  regiment.  Captain  Russell  B.  Tripp,  N.  G. 
C,  retired,  acted  as  adjutant  and  Captain  R.  B. 
Leland,  formerly  of  the  National  Guard  of  Iowa, 
served  as  quartermaster.  Four  local  companies 
were  headed  respectively  by  Lieutenant  Argyll 
Campbell,  Lieutenant  William  L.  Howe,  Lieuten- 
ant Byron  W.  Gray,  all  formerly  of  the  N.  G.  C, 
and  Captain  Clyde  A.  Bostwick,  formerly  of  the 
Missouri  National  Guard. 

Then  City  Manager  Reed  began  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  Home  Guard  which  was  to  take  the 
place  of  departed  companies  B  and  M.  A  com- 
mittee of  patriotic  citizens  met  at  the  chamber  of 
commerce — just  11  men — and  decided  to  have  a 
city  Loyalty  Demonstration.  Ten  Spanish  War 
Veterans   led   by   Captain   B.   B.   Kavanaugh,   pre- 


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sented  themselves  at  this  meeting  and  offered  their 
services  as  a  nucleus  for  the  Home  Guard.  This 
was  a  memorable  meeting.  The  San  Joseans  pres- 
ent beside  the  war  veterans  were  Thomas  H.  Reed, 
Alexander  H.  Sheriffs,  W.  6.  Alexander,  Howell 
D.  Melvin,  D.  M.  Burnett,  E.  N.  Richmond,  Arthur 
B.  Langford,  Chief  of  Police  Black,  Louis  Cam- 
piglia,  A.  B.  Post  and  J.  F.  McHenry. 

San  Jose 's  part  in  the  great  world  war  really 
started  in  a  civic  way  at  this  meeting.  The  fol- 
lowing Tuesday  there  was  a  meeting  of  the  cham- 
ber of  commerce.  Dr.  W.  W.  Campbell  came  down 
from  Mt.  Hamilton  to  tell  us  about  the  stars  which 
we  were  in  a  way  of  forgetting.  He  reminded  us 
that  ' '  the  earth  formed  but  a  tiny  part  of  the 
great  scheme  of  spheres  and  planets  which  strentch 
from  us  into  infinity. ' '  In  the  trying  months  to 
come,  months  that  tried  the  very  soul  fibre  in  a 
man,  Dr.  Campbell  could  have  told  us  about  other 
stars.  There  came  a  time  when  three  blue  ones 
shone  in  the  window  of  his  mountain  home.  Ken- 
neth, driving  an  ambulance  on  the  fighting  line  in 
Italy.  Douglas,  Captain  Douglas  Campbell  later, 
with  the  aviation  corps  in  France,  and  Wallace 
with  the  fighting  engineers. 

The  local  Knights  of  Columbus  and  many 
other  organizations  adopted  patriotic  resolutions 
to  stand  by  the  president  in  whatever  policy  he 
determined  should  be  ours.  The  Sons  of  Veterans 
offered  their  loyal  services  and  everybody  was 
asked  to  display  the  flag. 

Not  everyone  knew  that  there  were  two  Coun- 
cils of  Defense  in  our  city.  Those  who  chanced 
to  be  down  town  on  the  morning  of  Saturday, 
April  7,  understood  without  having  heard  the 
•declaration,  that  We  were  in  a  state  of  war.  The 
North  Ninth  street  Council  paraded!  Led  by 
Captain  Harry  Vance,  aged  13  years,  came  a  guard 
numbering  14.  The  contingent  included  a  hos- 
pital corps  consisting  of  three  white-paper-capped 
Red  Cross  nurses,  the  crosses  being  artistically 
done  in  red  crayon.  Captain  Claire  Declair  who 
owned  to  seven  years  led  the  nurses.  The  fighting 
squad,  beside  the  Captain,  was  oflScered  by  three 
First  Sergeants  Ernest  Delair,  Ralph  Guther  and 
Milton  Dampier.  The  rest  were  ' '  just  privates. ' ' 
Recruites  were  asked  for  at  headquarters,  141 
North  Ninth  street  and  special  inducements  prom- 
ised in  the  way  of  drum  beating,  flag  raisings  and 
marching. 

One  tremendous  task  undertaken  by  the  grown- 
up Council  was  the  listing  of  all  farm  equipment 
available    to    assist    in    increased    food    production. 

At  the  time  of  the  first  registration  County 
Clerk  Henry  Pfister  took  his  place  on  the  Council 
with  a  plan  for  handling  the  big  task.  This  was 
done  in  response  to  an  appeal  from  Sacramento — 
sort  of  a  "cry  from  Macedonia"  to  "come  over 
and  help  us!"  "It's  a  big  job  you  are  putting 
on  me,"  was  Pfister 's  comment  "but  I  can  do  it 
and  want  to  do  it  for  the  cause."  June  5,  1917, 
by  the  President's  proclamation,  was  named 
Registration  Day  for  all  men  beflween  the  ages  of 


21  and  31.  This  was  a  matter  of  very  great 
importance  and  was  responded  to  in  a  most  patri- 
otic manner.  Upon  designation  of  the  day,  the 
Council  of  Defense  launched  a  campaign  of 
publicity.  Letters  were  sent  to  all  school  heads 
and  the  chihlren  were  told  to  carry  the  news  home 
to  "Daddy."  Foreign  speaking  residents  were 
reached  through  the  officers  of  their  societies  and 
a  speakers'  committee.  Sheriff  Langford  assisted 
by    Dan    J.    Flannery,    ' '  covered    Chinatown. ' ' 

Finally  a  halt  came.  Postage  stamps  cost 
money.  Down  in  their  pockets  went  the  members 
of  the  Council  to  the  depth  of  $5  per  member. 
That  meant  a  treasurer.  Derol  Chace  gained  the 
treasureship  by  a  unanimous  vote.  That  was  all 
right  with  Derol.  He  was  ready  to  do  anything 
for  Uncle  Sam — even  to  the  buying  of  stamps. 
Only — he  was  getting  interested  in  another  kind 
of  "Defense."  On  May  31,  1917,  he  resigned  from 
the  Council  and  shouldered  a  real  gun  and  marched 
r^way.  Fighting  on  the  home  lines  couldn't  hold 
Derol — not  with  the  greatest  adventure  in  the 
world  promising  glory  overseas  and  his  flag  call- 
ing for  men. 

Not  every  man  who  longed  to  go  accompanied 
him.  Hearts  young  with  patriotism  were  disguised 
tvith  thick  coverings  of  years.  John  Brokenshire, 
iged  59,  and  his  65  year  old  "pal,"  Mr.  Peasley, 
engineer  at  the  Southern  Pacific  Roundhouse 
wanted  to  fight  for  Old  Glory.  They  went  to  San 
Francisco  to  enlist  as  stationary  engineers.  Each 
owned  to  being  "45" — but  there  was  a  very  dis- 
agreeable young  officer  who  said  "no."  There 
was  no  use  in  argument  and  the  "boys"  took  the 
first   train   home. 

W.  C.  Short  of  the  firm  of  Short  and  Ryan 
was  appointed  to  fill  the  vacancy  left  by  Derol 
Chace 's  enlistment.  The  Council  almost  went 
dciwn  for  the  third  time  in  the  struggle  over  regis- 
tration and  naming  exemption  boards — and  war 
gardens — and  everything!  Plans  changed.  It  was 
decided  that  Clerk  Pfister  should  have  charge  of 
all  registration  outside  of  San  Jose  and  City  Man- 
ager Reed  and  City  Clerk  Louis  Bailey  all  that 
within  the  city  limits.  San  Jose  was  entitled  to 
separate  registration  because  of  a  population 
over    30,000. 

The  Council  wide-spread  publicity  campaign 
missed  somebody.  One  morning  a  lean,  lanky 
woodsman  wandered  into  the  municipal  employ- 
ment bureau  looking  for  a  job.  Before  leaving 
town  he  connected  with  Uncle  Sam's  offer  of  $30 
a  month  and  board.  This  chap  said  he  hadn't 
heard  a  thing  about  any  registration.  He  had 
been  chopping  wood  in  the  mountains  not  more 
than  30  miles  from  San  Jose — but  the  news  hadn  't 
reached   his   lonely   cabin. 

One  patriotic  endeavor  for  which  great  credit 
is  due  the  council,  was  the  launching  and  helping 
to  bring  to  success  the  1917  war  garden  campaign. 
The  council's  efforts  were  successful  in  obtaining 
lowered  water  rates  and  free  water  for  many 
vacant   lot  gardens  in   order   to   promote  increased 


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food  production.  During  this  movement,  much  of 
the  large  amount  of  labor  and  detail  involved  was 
taken  up  by  various  committees,  and,  as  Kipling 
is  fond  of  saying,  ' '  that  is  another  story. ' ' 

Meetings  were  held  from  time  to  time  when- 
ever matters  of  grave  importance  had  to  be  dis- 
cussed as  war  activities  increased,  more  members 
were  added,  until  at  the  time  of  the  November  16, 
1918,  meeting  the  personnel  of  the  council  was  as 
follows:  Mrs.  J.  P.  Shambeau,  chairman  of 
women's  committee;  Mrs.  W.  H.  Shockley,  chair- 
man of  women's  committee  food  conservation; 
Mrs.  John  G.  Jury,  chairman  largest  group  women  's 
activities;  George  E.  Hamilton,  chairman  commiti- 
tee  commercial  economy;  Miss  Stella  Huntington, 
chairman  collection  books  and  periodicals;  H.  M. 
Ayer,  chairman  fire  protection;  H.  B.  Martin,  food 
administrator;  H.  W.  McComas,  four  minute  men; 
Byron  Millard,  city  fuel  administrator;  E.  A. 
Wilcox,  county  fuel  administrator;  D.  J.  Flannery, 
general  speakers  bureau;  J.  M.  Parker,  liberty 
loans;  Judge  H.  D.  Tuttle,  non-war  construction; 
E.  N.  Richmond,  chairman  Red  Cross;  Fred  L. 
Fehren,  Stanislaus  plan;  W.  S.  Clayton,  chairman 
Hvar  donations;  Joseph  E.  Hancock,  war  gardens; 
Prof.  H.  B.  Leland,  chairman  war  history;  Dr. 
James  B.  Bullitt,  chairman  war  savings  stamps; 
C.  S.  Allen,  war  service  league,  and  Mrs.  L.  T. 
Smith,   women's   mobilized   army. 

At  this  meeting,  November  16,  1918,  reports 
of  the  chairmen  of  the  various  war  activities  were 
either  read  or  filed.  If  you  think  San  Jose  didn  't 
accomplish  any  war  work,  after  you  finish  this 
sketchy  human  interest  story,  just  wade  through 
those  reports! 

By  this  time  the  name  of  the  council  was 
changed  to  the  Santa  Clara  County  division  of  the 
State  Council  of  Defense  and  almost  immediately 
the  council,  as  such,  went  out  of  existence,  its 
war-reason  for  being  having  ended.  At  the  last 
meeting  held  on  January  4,  1919,  Judge  P.  F.  Oor  • 
bey  presiding,  with  large  generosity,  "all  the 
duties  heretofore  delegated  to  this  body  in  con- 
nection with  all  war  work ' '  were  assigned  and  set 
over  to  the  community  council,  its  "  adniinist'Ht- 
ors  and   assigns!  " 

(That  wasn't  quite  the  last  thing.  In  a  sort 
of  postscript  to  the  minutes  is  this  notation:  A 
motion  was  made  and  carried  that  ALL  FUNDS 
remaining  in  the  hands  of  the  secretary  of  this 
organization  be  returned  to  the  members  pro  rata 
from  whom  they  had  been  received.) 
FIRST  Y.  M.  C.  A.  DRIVE 

Wherever  a  "hut"  was  emblazoned  with  the 
' '  Red  Triangle, ' '  wherever  the  Young  Men 's 
Christian  Association  planted  its  standard,  wheclier 
in  the  mud  back  of  the  front  line  trenches,  high 
in  the  snow  clad  mountains,  in  navy  camp  or  army 
cantonment  in  the  homeland — men  read  its  mean 
ing  clearly.  It  stood  unchangeably  for  human 
integrity;  for  the  best  and  highest  and  purest 
things  in  the  lives  of  temptation-tried  men.  In 
America  it  approximated  the  "little  house  on  the 


hill"  and  the  light  in  the  window  and  the  loved 
ones  who  kept  that  light  glowing.  Overseas  it 
stood  for  everything — for  home  and  love — and 
God!  The  insignia  of  the  Red  Triangle  on  the 
khaki  coat  sleeve  of  the  "  Y "  volunteer,  unarmed 
except  for  his  "sword  of  the  spirit"  Was  the  sign 
and  seal  of  knighthood,  the  emblem  of  .broad 
humanity  and  a  close  bond  of  brotherhood. 

The  "  Y "  was  ' '  there ' '  with  chocolate  and 
comfort  and  care.  It  wrote  letters  home  and  held 
hands  growing  cold  in  the  hour  of  final  sacrifice. 
It  kindled  cheer  in  lonely  hearts — and  lighted 
cigarettes.  It  didn't  go  about  with  a  Bible  in  oae 
hand  and  a  gun  in  the  other.  Its  hands  were 
ready  for  service — a  whatsoever  service  that 
reached  from  the  common  things  of  every-day  to 
the  last  earthly  need.  It  was  a  messenger,  a 
' '  runner ' '  from  enlistment  bureau  to  front  line 
trench,  led  by  homely  duty  and  upheld  by  the 
strength  of  a  righteous  purpose.  It  was  the  men's 
service  for  men — and  the  story  of  its  war-tima 
endeavor,  even  its  local  endeavor,  will  never  ade- 
quately be  told. 

On  May  5,  1917,  the  Young  Men 's  Christian 
Association  started  work  on  a  national  campaign 
for  $3,000,000  for  war  teork.  Of  this  amount  Santa 
Clara  county 's  quota  was  $5000.  This  fund,  to  be 
used  for  work  among  the  soldiers  and  sailors  of 
the  United  States  army,  was  raised  at  the  request 
of  Uncle  Sam.  The  request  included  a  call  for 
1000  of  the  association's  best  trained  secretaries 
to  work  with  the  soldiers. 

For  this  drive,  California  was  divided  into 
nine  sections  with  nine  executive  secretaries  in 
full  charge  of  the  financial  features.  The  Santa 
Clara  county  division  with  San  Jose  as  head- 
quarters, included  Santa  Clara,  Monterey,  Santa 
Cruz  and  San  Benito  counties. 

R.  H.  Gossom,  a  well  known  "  Y "  worker, 
had  complete  charge  of  the  district  and  John  R. 
Mott,  general  secretary,  was  at  the  head  of  the 
national  campaign.  The  San  Jose  campaign 
received  the  hearty  endorsement  of  the  local  "Y" 
directors  on  May  9,  1917,  at  which  time  R.  H. 
Gossom  was  present  at  the  meeting.  Hiram  A. 
Blanchard,  president  of  the  San  Jose  association, 
was  delegated  to  select  a  district  commititee  to 
operate  the  "drive,"  with  the  able  assistance  of 
John  D.  Crummey,  vice  president,  and  George  C. 
Wilson,  secretary.  At  a  dinner  on  May  11,  State 
Senator  Herbert  C.  Jones  "boosted"  tthe  local 
campaign  with  a  full  explanation  of  the  associa- 
tion's objective.  It  was  stated  that  the  plan  of 
mobolizing  1000  secretaries  included  extra  equip- 
ment, educational  and  for  amusements,  for  the 
benefit  of  the  soldiers  at  every  army  post.  This 
equipment  was  to  include  200  pianos,  200  build- 
ings, 200  moving  picture  machines,  200  phono- 
graphs, 40,000  pounds  of  ice  per  day,  1000  pens 
and  barrels  of  ink  for  the  "home  letters."  There 
were  to  be  added  95  trucks  and  tons  and  tons  of 
reading    matter. 

Plans   were   completed   and   at   a   "Y"   dinner 


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on  May  22,  Senator  Herbert  C.  Jones  presiding, 
two  "Generals"  were  chosen  to  head  friendly 
opposing  teams  in  the  campaign  for  the  $5000. 
These  generals  were  District  Attorney  Arthur  M. 
Free  and  Senator  Frank  H.  Benson,  who  was  also 
general   chairman. 

A.t  Grace  Baptist  church  on  Sunday,  May  20, 
Frank  D.  Keene,  who  had  left  the  College  of  the 
Pacific  to  join  the  colors  under  the  standard  of 
the  machines,  and  Hector  Sawyer,  local  high  school 
boy,  also  a  "soldier  of  the  sea,"  told  an  interested 
congregation  of  what  the  "Y"  meant  to  the 
enlisted  men.  These  San  Jose  boys  wer&  home  on 
their  first  shore  leave  and  gladly  enlisted  their 
time  in  the  cause  of  the  "Y. " 

On  the  evening  of  May  22,  the  generals,  cap- 
tains and  enthusiastic  workers  gathered  for  din- 
ner at  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  and  the  following  morning. 
May  23,  the  campaign  for  ' '  $5000  in  two  days ' ' 
began  with  a  rush.  The  two  teams,  headed  respec- 
tively by  District  Attorney  Arthur  M.  Free  and 
Senator  Frank  H.  Benson,  had  ten  sub-teams,  each 
with  a  captain  and  two  workers.  Others  were  to 
be  added  as  needed.  The  captains  of  the  Free 
team  were:  E.  N.  Bichmond,  Judge  F.  B.  Brown, 
A.  S.  Bacon,  Eev.  J.  A.  Sutherland,  L.  D.  Bohnett, 
J.  D.  Crider,  C.  E.  Kelsey,  Prof.  C.  M.  Osenbaugh 
and  W.  G.  Bambo.  Benson 's  team  was  captained 
as  follows:  E.  B.  Wagner,  D.  J.  Denhart,  H.  M. 
Barngrover,  L.  P.  Edlwards,  Rev.  George  I.  Long, 
J.  D.  Orummey,  W.  L.  Atkinson,  H.  A.  Blanchard, 
A.  G.  Wilkins  and  C.  F.  Crothers. 

With  that  "officering"  and  the  personnel  of 
live  San  Joseans  who  lent  their  time  and  energy 
to  the  drive  one  understands  how  we  ' '  went  over 
the  top"  in  this  first  war  work  campaign  for 
funds  in  two  days!  The  first  morning  $1683.50 
was  subscribed.  That  same  day  the  local  workers 
felt  the  personal  touch  of  Uncle  Sam 's  call  for 
"  Y "  secretaries.  District  Secretary  George  H. 
Gossom  received  a  message  that  he  had  been 
selected  and  that  he  must  hold  himself  in  readi- 
ness for  service  in  France.  That  message  was  an 
incentive  to  endeabor.  Men  were  needed  and  men 
were  being  called  to  minister  to  the  physical  and 
spiritual  needs  of  ' '  our  boys. ' '  From  store  to 
store,  up  and  down  the  city  streets,  went  these 
pioneer  "  Y "  solicitors — and  never  were  they 
turned  away.  The  "Y"  had  proven  its  usefulness 
and  now  when  it  asked  for  help  in  so  worthy  a 
cause  there  was  no  one  to  say  ' '  no. ' ' 

The  dollars  rolled  into  headquarters  in  a 
steady  stream.  The  evening  of  the  second  day, 
May  24,  the  cheers  of  the  campaigners  almost 
"raised  the  roof"  of  the  "Y."  They  had  the 
requested  $5000  with  $500  over — our  loyal  city's 
usual  ' '  oversubscription  "to  a  worthy  cause. 
Arthur  M.  Free's  team  reported  $2331.50,  but  the 
honors  for  amount  went  to  Frank  H.  Benson's 
workers  when  they  turned  in  $3203.00.  Cheer  fol- 
lowed cheer!  Speech  followed  speech!  The  "Y" 
president,  Hiram  A.  Blanchard,  Vice  President 
John     D.     Crummey,  Prof.  C.  M.  Osenbaugh     and 


Senator  Herbert  C.  Jones  all  delighted  in  telling 
the  story  of  the  two  big  days  in  local  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
history. 

After  the  money  was  counted  and  the  work- 
era  "rested  from  their  labors"  the  letter  of  thanks 
came  from  District  Manager  Gossom,  in  which  he 
said: 

' '  I  desire  to  personally  express  my  apprecia- 
tion to  the  people  of  San  Jose  for  the  splendid 
way  they  have  responded  to  the  call  of  the  Y.  M. 
C.  A.  for  the  support  of  its  work  among  the 
enlisted  men.  »  »  •  j  have  no  hesitancy  in 
assuring  the  public  that  its  generosity  has  not 
been  misplaced  and  that  San  Joseans  in  assuming 
their  full  portion  of  the  war  fund  requirements  in 
the  short  period  of  two  days  have  again  set  for 
themselves  a  record  of  which  they  may  justly  be 
proud. ' ' 

A  local  editorial  commenting  on  the  quick 
response  of  the  city  to  this  call  said:  "This 
response  is  an  indication  of  the  high  character  of 
the  people  and  a  fine  manifestation  of  disinter- 
ested consideration  for  a  cause  that  has  done  great 
things  in  the  war  for  humanity. ' ' 

This  did  not  end  our  gift  to  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
During  the  dark  days  overseas  and  the  time  of 
dread  and  waiting  here  eight  Y.  M.  C.  A.  secre- 
taries left  San  Jose  to  minister  to  their  soldier 
brothers  in  a  beautiful  ' '  whatsoever  way.  The 
men  who  left  their  homes  and  went  forth  on  this 
great  errand  of  love  that  war  made  a  perilous 
adventure,  Kvere  George  C.  Wilson,  local  Y.  M. 
C.  A.  secretary;  Rev.  William  L.  Stidger,  pastor 
of  the  First  Methodist  church;  Rev.  O.  P.  Bell, 
former  pastor  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church; 
Senator  Frank.  H.  Benson,  John  H.  Tupper,  Jesse 
H.  Hedger,  Fred  Evans,  Charles  A.  Miller  and 
Rev.  E.  A.  King.  The  intimate  experiences  of 
these  unarmed  crusaders  for  human  liberty  are 
chapters  of  history  written  by  the  white  light  of 
unselfish   service. 

Other  men  came  into  the  work  particularly, 
for  overseas  service,  but  in  the  person  of  George 
C.  Wilson,  San  Jose's  Y.  M.  C.  A.  sent  a  "real" 
secretary  to  the  front.  This  was  his  life  work, 
the  great  endeavor  that  held  his  heart  in  its  keep- 
ing and  to  him  came  the  gravest  experience.  For 
more  than  seven  months  in  the  St.  Mihiel  and  other 
salients,  he  was  constantly  under  airplane  and 
shell  fire.  One  night  on  an  errand  of  mercy  to  the 
boys  at  the  front,  the  truck  in  which  he  was  rid- 
ing through  the  blackness  of  the  unlighted  night 
along  a  perilously  shell-pitted  road,  collided  with 
another  machine.  In  the  terrific  smash  Wilson  was 
very  severely  injured.  Wandering  away  in  a  delir- 
ious condition  he  stumbled  and  fell  into  a  shell 
hole  and  was  gassed.  Some  time  passed  before 
he  was  rescued.  Invalided  to  the  south  of  France 
he  refused  to  be  an  invalid  and  soon  returned  to 
the  horror  of  actual  fighting  scenes  to  minister  to 
' '  his  boys. ' ' 

Jesse  Hedger,  previously  in  active  "Y"  ser- 
vice at  home,  just  "had  to  go."     When  the  call 


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came  Kev.  O.  P.  Bell  found  his  work  among  the 
Eussian  soldiers  in  France.  Home  on  a  furlough 
his  heart  is  overseas  and  he  expects  to  return  to 
carry  the  light  of  the  Bed  Triangle  "where  it  may 
be  needed.  Eev.  E.  A.  King  went  to  France  after 
the  signing  of  the  armistice  to  help  Uncle  Sam 
carry  out  his  educational  campaign  among  the  sol- 
diers along  the  lines  of  sex  hygiene,  a  subject 
upon  which  this  "Y"  secretary  is  a  recognized 
authority.  At  the  date  of  this  writing,  June,  1919, 
Rev.  King,  Jesse  Hedger  and  Charles  A.  Miller, 
who  is  engaged  in  athletic  work,  are  still  overseas. 

One  interesting  thing  to  the  home  folks  is  the 
comparisons  of  impressions  made  by  their  war 
service  on  the  local  "Y"  secretaries.  Rev.  Wil- 
liam L.  Stidger,  minister,  and  able  writer,  has 
told  us  of  his  experiences  and  chronicled  them  for 
all  time  in  "Soldier  Sihouettes. "  He  brought 
back  a  picture  of  deep  spiritual  significance.  The 
sacrifice,  the  service,  the  prevalent  spirit  of  broth- 
erhood evidenced  amid  the  suffering  and  devasta- 
tion, sent  him  home  with  a  broader  vision  and 
deeper  spirituality.  Senator  Frank  H.  Benson  had 
little  to  say  of  the  glory  of  war  upon  his  return. 
To  him  the  scenes  of  war  were  one  vast  horror 
with  all  the  abominations  of  bloodshed  and  deso- 
lation. Brotherhood — yes.  Beautiful  sacrifice — 
yes.  But  the  awful  price!  Upon  his  brain  were 
indelibly  printed  pictures  of  "No  Man's  Land" 
with  its  shell  ploughed  earth,  shattered  bodieis 
and  heaps  of  unburied  dead. 

During  the  local  "drive"  for  funds  the  fol- 
lowing men  comprised  Senator  Frank  H.  Benson 's 
team:  Dr.  E.  H.  Wagner,  G.  W.  Curry,  J.  E.  Ho- 
bilt,  D.  J.  Denhart,  C.  E.  Irons,  Dr.  P.  A.  Jordan, 
W.  B.  Denhart,  H.  M.  Barngrover,  C.  W.  Haman, 
P.  B.  Wright,  L.  P.  Edwards,  Richard  Bartle, 
George  I.  Long,  W.  E.  Grouser,  Rev.  W.  L.  Stidger, 
Rev.  E.  A.  King,  J.  D.  Crummey,  D.  C.  Crummey, 
H.  L.  Austin,  W.  L.  Atkinson,  Victor  Challen,  E. 
R.  Shaw,  H.  A.  Blanchard,  C.  S.  Christian,  George 
C.  Wilson,  C.  W.  James,  C.  N.  Cooper,  A.  G.  Wil- 
kins,  R.  J.  Glendenning,  C.  W.  Burtner,  Dr.  E.  E. 
Porter,  Charles  F.  Crothers,  A.  B.  Post  and  W.  C. 
Lean. 

Arthur  M.  Free's  campaigners  were  E.  N. 
Richmond,  Judge  F.  B.  Brown,  A.  C.  Darby,  G.  W. 
Borchers,  A.  8.  Bacon,  A.  M.  Boulware,  W.  E. 
Hazeltine,  George  D.  Oilman,  Alvin  Long,  A.  B. 
Ross,  James  A.  Sutherland,  James  Falconer,  F.  W. 
Lloyd,  J.  J.  Exans,  L.  D.  Bohnett,  Frank  Camp- 
bell, T.  H.  Herschbach,  J.  W.  Crider,  W.  R. 
McQuoid,  Jesse  Hedger,  C.  E.  Kelsey,  H.  T.  Rey- 
nolds, Harry  Smith,  C.  M.  Osenbaugh,  E.  A.  Wil- 
cox, W.  G.  Alexander,  W.  G.  Eambo,  Theodore 
Keech   and  L.   Gripenstraw. 

FIRST  RED  CROSS  DRIVE 

In  a  war  program  of  unpreparedness  the  Red 
Cross  was  a  notable  exception.  Far-visioned  men 
and  women  saw  the  possibility  of  the  United 
States  becoming  involved  and  the  Red  Cross  began 
to  make  extensive  preparations  for  a  possible 
emergency.     In   April,   1917,   when   vision   became 


reality  the  local  Elks '  club  arranged  a  Bed  Cross 
benefit  entertainment  at  the  Victory  theatre.  It 
was  a  tremendous  undertaking,  carried  to  wonder- 
ful success  by  the  united  efforts  of  the  generous 
hearted  and  patriotic  clubmen.  The  big  program 
embraced  both  local  and  outside  talent.  Every- 
body was  there — presenting  themselves  and  their 
dollars  from  the  occupant  of  the  last  gallery  seat 
to  Columbia  and  Uncle  Sam  occupying  platform 
places.  More  than  $800  was  dropped  into  the  Red 
Cross  coffers  by  the  Elks  the  following  day. 

At  the  big  benefit  some  of  the  local  "talent" 
made  reputations  for  themselves  as  candy  sales- 
men. These  artful  purveyors  of  sweets  were  Dan 
Flannery,  Louis  Campiglia,  George  Rucker,  Albert 
Kayser,  Guy  Marshall,  Charles  Parkinson,  Joseph 
Millard,  John  Kocher  and  Arthur  Holmes.  That 
reputation  for  "keeping  the  change"  followed 
them  through  all  the  other  campaigns  and  led  them 
many  times  up  and  down  the  aisles  of  San  Jose 's 
theaters. 

After  the  close  of  the  program  came  Arthur 
Free's  patriotic  speech  in  which  he  said:  "This 
is  not  a  paper  war  we  are  facing. ' '  He  faced  one 
right  then!  A  perfect  volley  of  serpintine  was 
thrown  all  over  the  place.  Players,  audience  and 
Free 's  patriotism  were  inextricably  mixed  in  the 
memorable  "battle!"  That  Elks'  donation  was 
the  real  beginning  of  the  San  Jose  Red  Cross 
chapter's  bank  account.  After  that,  telegraphic 
items  and  editorials  regarding  the  work  and 
requests  for  funds  and  memberships  started  a 
campaign  of  publicitiy.  Chapters  were  already 
carrying  out  unselfish  programs  of  service,  but  no 
concerted  effort  had  been  made. 

On  May  1  a  local  newspaper  headed  an 
enlightening  editorial  with  the  pertinent  question, 
"Have  You  Joined  the  Red  Cross f"  People  were 
described  as  working  side  by  side  "who  in  ordi- 
nery  life  would  scarcely  have  met,  or  meeting, 
would  have  had  no  common  purpose.  Threatened 
by  destructi,ve  war,  position  and  caste  are  sub- 
merged in  the  vast  sea  of  brotherhood  upon  whose 
bosom  moves  a  great  ship  of  mercy  with  a  Red 
Cross  emblazoned  upon  its  sail." 

By  the  president's  proclamation,  June  18-25 
was  made  Red  Cross  week,  and  the  nation-wide 
campaign  for  $100,000,000  opened  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Henry  P.  Davison,  chairman  of  the  war 
council  of  the  American  Bed  Cross. 

Did  San  Jose  hear  that  nation-wide  appeal? 
Through  all  the  long  months  of  war-red  days  that 
followed  she  did  her  part  with  loyal  hands  and 
heart  brimming  over  with  love  for  her  own  and 
sympathy  for  all  who  suffered.  At  the  time  of  the 
opening  of  the  first  Red  Cross  campaign  the  offic- 
ers of  the  local  chapter  were:  Dr.  M.  E.  Dailey, 
chairman,  (which  position  he  had  held  continu- 
ously since  the  chapter's  organization);  Mrs.  W. 
P.  Dougherty,  vice  chairman;  W.  T.  Rambo,  sec- 
retary, who  shared  the  honors  of  continuity  in 
office  with  Dr.  Dailey;  V.  J.  LaMotte,  treasurer. 
Members    of   the   executive    committee   were:      Dr. 


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M.  E.  Dailey,  Mrs.  W.  P.  Dougherty,  W.  T.  Rambo, 
V.  J.  LaMotte,  Henry  Ayer,  C.  M.  Osenburgh, 
Walter  Trinkler,  Arthur  Holmes,  W.  C.  Andrews, 
Mrs.  W.  T.  Gross,  Mrs.  F.  H.  Paterson,  Mrs.  W.  B. 
Hobson,  Mrs.  A.  A.  Fowler,  Mrs.  Chas.  A.  Way- 
land,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Paul,  Mrs.  W.  T.  Bonney,  Mrs. 
B.  P.  Weston,  Mrs.  Leonard  P.  Stocking  and  Miss 
Dorothy    White. 

On  May  9,  1917,  the  San  Jose  chapter  of  the 
Bed  Cross  met  at  the  chamber  of  commerce  to 
arrange  for  the  coming  drive.  The  chamber  of 
commerce,  by  Joseph  T.  Brooks,  secretary,  offered 
the  use  of  a  room  in  the  building  for  headquarters 
and  the  services  of  the  office  force. 

Headquarters  opened  May  16.  The  opening 
day  was  determined  by  the  arrival  of  the  pins  and 
buttons.  No  real  live  campaign  could  be  properly 
started  Without  its  coatlapel  and  dress-front 
insignia!  This  same  day  word  came  that  a  divis- 
ion of  regular  troops  commanded  by  Major  Gen- 
eral John  J.  Pershing  would  be  sent  overseas  in 
answer   to  the   plea  of  France. 

Home  interest  in  world  affairs  was  increasing 
every  day.  James  A.  Quihby  won  his  lieutenancy 
at  the  Presidio  army  school  and  in  another  San 
Jose  home  the  "blue  star"  companioned  Old 
Glory.  Ed  Kneass  and  Neil  Petree  were  soon  to 
go  with  the  second  Stanford  unit  of  American 
ambulance  field  service  to  France.  Good-byes  were 
altogether  too  frequent  for  hearts  to  beat  happily. 
Word  reached  the  home  folks  that  Clifton  Flick- 
inger,  high  school  senior  and  captain  of  the 
cadets  when  he  joined  the  navy,  was  now  drilling 
a  company  in  the  hospital  corps. 

One  of  the  first  Red  Cross  benefits  was  a  dance 
and  Bed  Cross  drill  given  on  May  24  by  the  6.  C. 
Review,  No.  4,  Ladies  of  the  Macabees,  Captain 
Amy  Thompson.  A.  D.  Ferrari  of  the  Italian- 
American  Progressive  club  came  forward  with  a 
suggestion  for   co-operation. 

On  May  27  Dr.  M.  E.  Dailey  received  a  tele- 
gram from  John  J.  Clyraer  director  of  the  Pacific 
Division  of  the  Red  Cross,  appointing  a  meeting 
in  San  Francisco.  Dr.  Dailey,  Dr.  W.  C.  Bailey, 
J.  O.  Hayes  and  W.  C.  Andrews  attended  this 
meeting.  The  result  of  this  conference  was  a 
•  meeting  of  the  local  chapter  on  June  6.  At  this 
time  Samuel  G.  Tompkins  was  appointed  Chairman 
for  the  Santa  Clara  County  campaign  and  Arthur 
M.  Free  was  made  campaign  manager.  Karl  Stull 
as  chairman  headed  the  activities  of  the  following 
publicity  committee:  Alvin  Long,  J.  O.  Hayes, 
Jay  McCabe,  H.  L.  Baggerly,  W.  L.  Prussia,  S.  R. 
Walls,  R.  O.  Bell,  Judge  W.  A.  Beasly,  E.  M. 
Rosenthal,  J.  E.  Hancock,  Alexander  Sheriffs,  C. 
M.  Osenbaugh,  Dr.  M.  E.  Dailey  and  John  D. 
Kuster. 

The  Executive  Committee  included  Samuel 
G.  Tompkins,  Chairman,  Arthur  M.  Free,  campaign 
manager,  S.  W.  Waterhouse,  Henry  M.  Ayer,  D.  J. 
Flannery,  Karl  Stull,  W.  T.  Rambo,  Alexander 
Sheriffs,  Judge  W.  A.  Beasly  and  A.  P.  Murgotten, 
secretary.     Heads  of     sub   committees  were     Karl 


Stull,  publicity,  Arthur  Holmes,  Round  Up,  Mrs. 
W.  B.  Irish,  musical  entertainment,  D.  J.  Flan- 
nery, waste  paper,  H.  A.  Blanchard,  cards,  etc. 

L.  M.  Simonson  Treasurer  and  cashier;  Com- 
mittee on  lodges  and  societies,  W.  G.  Alexander, 
W.   F.   Curry,   Ed  Distel. 

Newspapers,  Sheldon  Wills,  J.  O.  Hayes,  H. 
L.  Baggerly,  Buel  Anderson,  Stunts — Jay  MeCabe, 
R.  O:  Bell,  Alvin  Long.  Outside  Press — Alvin 
Long.  Pulpits — Arthur  M.  Free.  Theaters — Gene 
Rosenthal.  Schools — J.  E.  Hancock,  C.  M.  Osen- 
baugh, M.  E.  Dailey,  Alexander  Sheriffs. 

Then  the  publicity  committee  worked  over 
time.  Full  page  ads  appeared  in  all  the  papers. 
A  Red  Cross  poster  accompanied  every  purchase 
made  in  the  San  Jose  stores.  Victor  Challen  and 
S.  W.  Waterhouse  spent  a  day  distributing  them. 
Catholic  priests  made  appeals  in  their  churches  on 
June  10  and  June  17  was  Red  Cross  day  in  the 
Protestant  churches.  No  one  will  ever  forget 
the  immense  Red  Cross  poster  that  lifted  against 
the  sky  on  the  top  of  the  First  National  Bank 
Building.  With  its  statue  of  Liberty  and  perti- 
nent question  "Will  you  fight  or  give?"  no  one 
could  escape  it.  It  veritably  "shouted  from  the 
housetops!  " 

Posters  were  predominant  and  Bed  Cross 
appeals  found  a  place  between  reels  in  moviedom. 
Then  team  captains  were  chosen.  Those  selected 
for  the  work  of  raising  the  mercy  fund  were  D. 
M.  Burnett,  Henry  G.  Hill,  John  P.  Fitzgerald, 
Dr.  Charles  M.  Richards,  Charles  M.  O'Brien,  S. 
W.  Waterhouse,  Richard  Bressani,  John  J.  Jones, 
Judge  F.  B.  Brown  and  Herbert  Jones. 

Chauncey  Tramutolo,  president  of  the  Italian 
Progressive  Club  grew  enthusiastic  and  said  "It 
is  time  to  make  people  see  that  you  might  as  well 
try  to  dam  up  a  flood  with  sand  as  to  try  to  meet 
the  German  peril  in  the  'let-George-do-it'  way." 
The  publicity  committee  saw  to  it  that  everyone 
understood  that  the  care  of  the  wounded  soldiers 
was  absolutely  the  work  of  the  Red  Cross. 

On  June  16  at  a  luncheon  at  the  St.  James 
Hotel  plans  were  perfected.  Samuel  G.  Tompkins, 
campaign  chairman,  speaking  with  deep  feeling 
said,  ' '  We  would  be  slackers  in  every  sense  of  the 
word  if  we  failed  in  this  big  duty  to  our  fellow- 
man.  When  one  considers  that  these  boys  who 
are  going  from  our  midst  are  facing  the  uncer- 
tainties of  war  and  that  some  will  never  come 
back,  it  should  be  sufficient  to  stir  every  man  and 
woman  into  giving  liberally — giving  until  giving 
becomes  a  sacrifice  and  a  hardship." 

Hiram  A.  Blanchard  with  the  assistance  of 
150  normal  girls  compiled  a  roster  of  10,000  names 
for  the  assistance  of  the  campaigners.  Arthur 
Free  struck  in  his  usual  straight-out-from-the- 
shoulder  way  in  his  last  minute  instructions  to  the 
workers.  ' '  This  is  not  a  time  for  petty  jealousies. 
Let  us  bury  our  personalities  in  the  great  patri- 
otic work  of  this  campaign." 

A  Club  women's  committee  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Mrs.  W.  B.  Irish  was  appointed     and  Mrs. 


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Lillian  Arnold  made  captain  of  the  "women's 
squad. ' '  Among  the  prominent  Club  women  inter- 
ested -were  Mrs.  W.  B.  Irish,  Mrs.  Hortense  Over- 
hulse,  Miss  Eleanor  Brown,  Mrs.  B.  E.  Laughlin, 
Laura  Clark,  Frances  Clark,  Mrs.  Lillian  Arnold, 
Anita  Arnold  and  Blanche  Burbank. 

Sunday,  June  17,  there  were  no  pleasant  out- 
ings for  the  men  interested  in  the  drive.  That 
roster  of  10,000  names  had  to  be  segregated  and 
arranged  for  the  convenience   of  the  workers. 

San  Jose  had  $100,000  to  raise,  200  workers 
to  do  it — and  a  week  for  the  entire  accomplish- 
ment! Sleeves  were  rolled  up!  Nobody  shirked! 
It  was  the  biggest  drive  in  the  history  of  Santa 
Clara   county. 

On  the  morning  of  June  18,  1917,  the  Red 
Cross  worker  appeared  simultaneously  with  the 
opening  of  the  store!  His  talk  was  short  and  to 
the  point.  It  was  for  "our  boys."  They  were 
entitled  to  care  when  they  went  to  fight  for  Old 
Glory.  Appeals  and  the  appearance  of  pocket- 
books  and  checkbooks  Were  also  simultaneous.  Few 
refused.  The  Red  Cross  solicitor  was  omnipresent. 
On  the  street,  in  the  shops,  in  homes,  there  the 
worker  appeared  with  appeal  and  receipt  book. 
Frequently  only  the  receipt  book  was  needed.  The 
electrifying  message  came  down  from  Mt.  Hamil- 
ton that  the  53  residents  on  the  "top  of  the  moun- 
tain" had  subscribed  $435.00!  Later  a  recanvas 
made  that  $535!  They  were  100  per  cent  loyal 
and  in  sympathy  with  the  boys  who  followed  the 
flag.  When  this  word  reached  the  150  committee- 
men and  women  lunching  at  the  Hotel  Montgomery 
the  hostelry  echoed  with  cheer  after  cheer!  The 
sound  of  it  must  have  reached  the  mountain  and 
waved  the  flag  on  the  very  crest  in  an  ecstasj'  of 
patriotic  pride. 

Karl  Stull  chalked  returns  on  a  blackboard 
that  ran  the  entire  length  of  a  big  banquet  hall 
and  the  first  day's  effort  reached  a  total  of  $14,600. 
It  was  decided  to  publish  a  daily  "honor  roll" 
and  belated  givers  began  to  sing  ' '  When  the  roll 
is  called   tomorrow  I'll  be  there!" 

Just  then  Jack  Graham 's  war  song  ' '  We  '11 
Fight  for  Yankee  Doodle"  made  its  appearance 
and  became  a  feature  during  the  Red  Cross  drive, 
being  used  by  theatre  orchestras  and  bands  all 
over  the  county. 

On  June  19,  1917,  the  grim  reality  of  war 
struck  home  to  us  when  Lieut.  Elmer  C.  Golds- 
worthy,  a  member  of  the  royal  flying  squad,  home 
on  a  furlough,  told  us  of  his  experience.  Horrors 
and  atrocities  related  by  this  returned  soldier 
sunk  deep  into  public  consciousness. 

Many  strong  men  had  to  turn  away  during 
Lieut.  Goldsworthy 's  graphic  recital  of  conditions 
on   the   fighting   front.     "I'm   not   exaggerating   a 

d  bit, "»he   said  with  great   vehemence,   "I'll 

tell  you  that  much!     If  you  want  your  boys  taken 
care  of  you'll  have  to  help  the  Red  Cross!" 

Goldsworthy,  one  of  ten  survivors  of  the  fam- 
ous Princess  Pat  regiments,  was  just  recovering 
from  wounds  suffered  in  the  trenches  in  the  north 


of  France.  After  the  loss  of  his  regiment  he 
joined  the  royal  flying  squad,  but  was  invalided 
home  on  a  furlough.  At  the  conclusion  of  his  first 
San  Jose  talk  Dr.  W.  C.  Bailey  stated,  ' '  We  need 
no  further  plea  for  the  Red  Cross." 

Not  everything  was  tragedy.  A  few  members 
of  the  soliciting  committee  "got  all  stirred  up" 
because  a  certain  woman  had  ordered  them  out  of 
her  office!  Such  treatment  was  the  rare  excep- 
tion. Lodges  contributed  liberally;  there  were  all 
kinds  of  benefits  for  the  Red  Cross.  Mrs.  B.  E. 
Laughliin  wrote  and  personally  supervised  the 
beautiful  presentation  of  children's  cantata,  "An 
Evening  in  Dreamland,"  which  was  given  at  the 
high  school  for  the  benefit  of  the  Red  Cross.  The 
charms  of  the  children's  dreamland  were  enhanced 
by  pupils  of  Miss  Hughes  and  Hilbert  Hitching, 
who  gave  a  program  of  dances,  and  the  pupils  of 
Mrs.  Theressa  Pixley  and  Prof.  De  Lorenzo  who 
gave  voices  of  song  to  fairyland. 

The  never-to-be-forgotten  pageant  was  a 
gigantic  Red  Cross  benefit  staged  by  1500  per- 
formers and  witnessed  by  more  than  5000  spell- 
bound people  on  evening  of  its  premiere  presenta- 
tion, June  1.  The  pageant  of  history  and  allegory 
was  written  by  Miss  Helen  Stocking  with  music 
by  Miss  Ruth  Cornell  and  song  verse  by  Clarence 
Urmy.  J.  E.  Hancock,  president  of  the  Drama 
association,  was  responsible  for  the  pageant,  which 
was  given  under  the  directing  genius  of  Garnet 
Holme. 

Alexander  P.  Murgotten,  secretary  of  his  com- 
mittee, donated  needed  office  supplies  and  the 
Argall  brothers  quartet  volunteered  their  services 
for  the  entire  Red  Cross  campaign.  No  one  will 
ever  forgot  the  night  those  brothers  appeared  at 
the  T.  &  D.  theater  just  before  they  were  called 
to  the  colors.  In  uniform,  against  a  realistic  back- 
ground of  tents  and  stocked  arms,  the  boys  sang 
the  old-time  songs.  They  touched  the  hearts  of 
the  vast  audience  with  "Tenting  on  the  Old  Camp 
Ground"  and  "Goodbye,  Little  Girl,  Goodbye." 
Hearts  had  grown  tender  and  the  great  grim  fact 
of  war  was  welding  them  together  in  understand- 
ing and  a  deep  desire  to  help. 

Reports  from  day  to  day  contained  patheti- 
cally appealing  incidents.  One  little  American 
mother  gave  40  cents — -all  she  had  to  give — but 
gave  it  gladly.  She  explained  that  there  was  10 
cents  for  each  of  her  four  boys. 

Frank  Sabatelli  's  gift  for  the  cause  of  human- 
ity should  not  be  forgotten.  A  Red  Cross  worker 
approached  Sabatelli.  When  he  learned  the  nature 
of  the  request  the  Italian 's  face  lighted  with  a 
smile.  Yes — he  would  give,  gladly.  His  subscrip- 
tion was  $100!  Investigation  revealed  that  he 
Iwas  only  earning  $2  a  day  at  common  labor.  His 
gift  was  taken  from  hard  earned  savings.  Born 
in  Cremono,  Italy,  he  had  been  a  soldier  in  "the 
old  country"  and  explained  that  he  knew  what 
the  ' '  Red  Cross  means  to  a  soldier. ' ' 

He  was  attending  night  school  in  order  to  get 
an  education.     With     fine   simplicity  this     patriot 


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said  "I  will  always  be  gald  to  give  what  I  can!" 
As  the  close  of  the  drive  approached,  rivalry 
was  keen  among  the  "teams."  Charles  M.  O'Brien 
was  usually  in  the  lead  but  for  some  days  he  was 
troubled  by  talk  of  a  "dark  horse"  which  was 
finally  found  to  be  Dave  Burnett.  The  largest 
single  contribution  of  the  drive  is  credited  to  Bur- 
nett's team — $2500  given  by  the  E.  McLaughlin 
estate.  Over  400  solicitors  were  "combing"  city 
and  county  for  subscriptions  and  meeting  with  a 
splendid  response. 

Restrictions  as  to  boundaries  and  lists  were 
removed.  Arthur  Free  finally  announced  that 
' '  anybody  was  everybody 's  prey. ' '  It  was  every 
one 's  humanitiarian  campaign  and  speeding  to  a 
whirlwind  finish. 

The  Lyric  Theater  found  a  unique  way  to 
help.  The  boy  or  girl  bringing  a  bundle  of  waste 
paper  weighing  10  pounds  or  more  was  admitted 
to  the  "movie"  free!  Never  in  the  history  of  the 
little  playhouse  had  there  been  such  crowds  of 
children!  They  followed  the  lure  of  the  free 
admittance  as  the  children  long  ago  followed  the 
Piper  of  Hamelin  Town! 

That  brings  back  Dan  Flannery's  part  in  the 
Eed   Cross  drive. 

It  had  occurred  to  some  thrifty  soul  that  the 
waste  paper  in  the  county  could  be  turned  into 
money  for  the  cause.  Dan  Flannery  was  put  in 
charge  of  the  campaign  to  conserve  What  had  been 
before  sheer  waste.  Dan  never  does  things  by 
halves.  He  canvassed  the  entire  county.  He  sent 
appealing  circulars  to  every  school.  Sheriff  Arthur 
B.  Langford  volunteered  storage  space  in  the  gar- 
age at  the  County  Jail.  Up  and  down  the  city 
streets  and  county  byways  went  Flannery  on  his 
quest  for  waste  paper. 

He  had  an  able  first  lieutenant  in  C.  E.  Stan- 
ton, who  donated  himself  and  his  auto  truck  in 
the  name  of  patriotism.  The  City  Truck  and  Trans- 
fer company  enlisted  a  truck  and  Granger  and  De 
Hart  lent  helping  hands — several  helping  hands 
and  lots  of  ' '  horse  power ' '  in  the  form  of 
machines. 

Then  it  began  to  arrive.  Trucks  rolled  up 
from  Gilroy  and  deposited  their  burden  at  the 
county  jail.  Drays  and  auto  loads  came  down  the 
perinsula.  Schools  accumulated  tons  and  tons  und 
tons — and  delivered  it!  No  one  had  dreamed  that 
there  was  so  much  paper  in  the  world!  They 
crammed  it  into  the  garage  until  the  roof  threat- 
ened to  come  off.  Then  they  piled  it  on  the  roof 
and  around  the  building.  It  overflowed  into  the 
driveway  and  interfered  v«ith  things.  There  was 
no  room  except  under  the  California  stars  for  the 
Sheriff's  automobiles. 

Quite  emphatically  he  called  on  Dan  Flannery 
to  get  with  his  waste  paper —  (somewhere)  "out 
of  this!"  This  waste  paper  campaign  was  a  huge 
success — in  tons  and  in  money.  It  was  a  cumber- 
some proposition,  handled  with  credit  by  the  ener- 
getic Dan  Flannery,  and  became  a  valuable  asset 
in  the  final  computation  of  funds.     This  was  really 


the  beginning  of  "salvage"  in  war  work  history." 
The  sensation  of  the  meeting  for  reports  on 
June  20  came  when  the  Women's  Team  under 
Mrs.  Lillian  Arnold  turned  in  over  $2000 — and 
that  was  only  a  beginning.  It  was  "hard  earned" 
money,  too,  for  the  men  had  "thoughtfully" 
given  the  women  the  house-to-house  canvassing  to 
do.  If  you've  ever  tried  that,  even  in  your  oldest 
pair  of  shoes  and  with  your  fever  of  patriotism 
at  white  heat — well,  you  can  appreciate  what  that 
team  was  up  against. 

They  worked!  They  entreated  and  cajoled. 
They  walked  and  worried — and  won!  Their  val- 
iant effort  was  a  real  new-era  wonder  to  the  big 
men  of  affairs.  No  Susan  B.  Anthony  amendment 
had  passed  the  Senate  at  that  time  and  we  were 
not  under  a  W.  C.  T.  U.  form  of  government.  "Ihe 
men  hadn't  realized  what  mere  women   could   do! 

POn  June  22,  1917,  at  the  Victory  theater,  there 
was  held  the  most  impressive  mass  meeting  in  the 
history  of  San  Jose.  From  orchestra  pit  to  the 
highest  seat  in  the  gallery  the  theater  was  oacked 
with  solemn,  awe-inspired  men  and  women  wlio 
were  feeling  their  first  keen  sense  of  war 's  actu- 
alities. Lieutenant  Goldsworthy,  accompanied  by 
his  mother  and  sister  were  seated  on  the  platform 
and  it  was  this  wounded  soldier's  story  that 
thrilled  the  great  audience  to  almost  sickening 
realization  of  "our  boys'  "  possible  suffering  and 
the  responsibility  for  their  care  resting  upon  us. 
' '  Men  are  being  killed — murdered,  over  there, ' ' 
said  Goldsworthy,  "but  the  war  is  being  fought 
right  here."  His  graphic  appeal  was  answered 
that  night  by  hundreds  of  dollars  that  were  gladly 
given  to  care  for  ' '  our  boys. ' ' 

The  Chinese  were  willing  contributors.  In 
fact  there  was  no  line  of  color,  creed,  caste  or 
nationality.  We  were  all  Americans  under  the 
banner  of  the  Eed  Cross — the  mercy  emblem  of 
the  world.  During  the  drive  in  Chinatown,  little 
12-year-old  Annie  Lee,  a  Chinese  girl,  acted  as  the 
committee 's  amanuensis.  Lee  John  and  Mr.  Wing 
were  escorts  and  able  interpreters. 

More  and  more  boys  were  leaving  for  service. 
Each  leave-taking  awakened  more  hearts  to  the 
necessity  of  providing  for  our  own.  E.  A.  Portel, 
son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  E.  Portel,  left  June  25  to 
take  a  position  with  the  United  States  govern- 
ment as  expert  radio  operator. 

On  the  night  of  June  27  San  Joseans  were 
astonished  to  see  that  the  lights  in  the  cross  on 
the  tower  of  the  First  Methodist  church  had 
turned  from  white  to  red!  Rev.  William  L.  Stid- 
ger,  the  pastor,  gave  the  following  explanation: 
"I  consider  that  lighted  cross  turning  its  face 
north,  east,  south  and  west,  as  the  symbol  not  only 
of  that  Christ  who  died  for  liberty  and  freedom, 
but  I  also  feel  that  it  sym'bolizes  in  an  especial 
way  the  light  that  the  whole  Red  Cross  movement 
ia  spreading  in  the  dark  places  of  the  world  in 
these  cruel  war  times." 

Paul  D.  Cambino,  whose  services  for  the 
changing  of  these   lights  were  lent  by  the  Blake 


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Electrical  company,  did  his  "bit"  in  this  unique 
transformation.  Cambiona  had  never  climbed  a 
tower.  The  wind  was  blowing,  too,  but  he  "swal- 
lowed  his  fear,  "climbed  to  the  top  and  changed 


sented  an  attractive  program  of  dances;  an  or- 
chestra composed  of  members  of  local  union  No. 
153,  under  the  direction  of  Carl  Fitzgerald,  volun- 
teered their  services;  Joseph  Blum,  manager  of  the 


24  white  lights  to  24  red  ones — for  the  Bed  Cross,       Jose  theater,  lent  two  of  his  best  acts;   Judge  E. 


that   its  glowing  emblem   might   be   set   as   a   sign 
against  the  sky! 

Mrs.  W.  B.  Irish  personally  arranged  a  gigan- 
tic benefit  which  was  staged  at  the  Victory  theater 
and  in  which  all  prominent  San  Joseans  with  a 
talent  for  entertaining  were  programed. 

Fred  L.  Thomas  and  M.  J.  GriflSth  never  had  a 
thing  in  the  world  to  do  when  they  were  needed 
for  Red  Cross  speaking.  Not  only  through  this 
campaign,  but  the  entire  war  work  list  of  benefits 
they  told  the  needs  of  "the  boys"  with  eloquence 
that  loosened  tightly  held  dollars — even  if  they 
were  fastened  like  abalones  to  a  rock! 

One  amusing  incident  will  be  recalled  by 
those  who  attended  the  lunches  every  day  in  the 
rooms  now  occupied  by  the  Rotary  club  at  the 
Montgomery  hotel.  One  day  Alex  Murgotten 
waited  for  his  lunch.  The  others  were  served. 
Getting  the  attention  of  a  hurrying  waitress  he 
entered  a  protest.  "Why  don't  I  get  my  lunch?" 
She  answered  with  some  asperity.  "You  didn't 
have  your  set  in!"  That  became  a  bj^vord.  After 
that  everyone  made  a  break  for  the  table  at  the 
first  call  to  be  sure  of  having  their  "set  in"  and 
quick  service. 

A  telephone  call  took  a  Red  Cross  campaigner 
to  a  lititle  cottage  on  the  edge  of  town.  He  was 
greeted  by  a  woman  with  a  paint  brush  in  her 
hand.  She  gave  him  $2  for  the  Red  Cross.  Then 
she  said,  ' '  I  am  78  years  old  and  I  wanted  to  help 
but  I  haven 't  much  money.  My  kitchen  needed 
painting.  I  found  out  that  the  work  would  cost 
me  $2.  I  am  doing  it  myself  so  that  I  can  give 
the  money  to  the  Red  Cross." 

Sunday  morning,  June  24,  the  final  appeal  of 
the  campaign  was  made.  The  amount  of  the  quota 
was  nearly  subscribed,  but  only  one  day  remained 
for  a  "whirlwind  finish."  San  Jose's  own  Maude 
Pilkington,  whose  clear  brain  and  clever  pen  were 
ever  at  the  service  of  every  good  cause  \vrote  this 
message:  "Those  who  stay  at  home  and  make 
the  undramatic  daily  sacrifices,  are  none  the  less 
heroes  and  the  Red  Cross  is  calling  for  this  sort 
of  heroism.  It  is  offering  you  an  opportunity  to 
be  a  hero  in  your  own  heart  by  giving  liberally 
during  the  last  few  hours  of  the  campaign,  and 
'as  truly  as  the  flower  lays  bare  to  the  sun  that 
which  is  folded  in  the  seed,'  so  will  your  sacrifice 
be  laid  before  the  Great  Master  and  its  measure 
be   determined." 

Spontaneously,  patriotically,  whole-heartedly 
that  last  hour  appeal  was  answered.  All  day  Mon- 
day the  dollars  were  rolling  in — rolling  up  a  sum 
prophetic   of  oversubscription. 

Monday  afternoon  and  evening  Manager 
Clover  of  the  T.  &  D.  gave  the  entire  proceeds  of 
the  theater  to  the  Red  Cross.  W.  E.  Johnson  and 
the  Argall  brothers     sang;   Hilbert     Kitehing  pre- 


M.  Rosenthal  acted  as  stage  director.  Jay  Mc- 
Cabe  's  able  committee  sold  candy.  The  only  thing 
they  were  not  able  to  do  was  to  make  change! 
These  patriotically  energetic  salesmen  who  forgot 
their  arithmetic  under  Jay's  direction  were:  W. 
L.  Prussiia,  Ernest  Lion,  Henry  Hirsch,  Leroy 
Parkinson,  Dr.  James  Kramer,  Dan  Flannery,  R. 
O.  Stewart,  F.  O.  Reed,  Karl  Stull  and  Arthur 
Holmes. 

Karl  Stull,  publicity  chairman,  chalked  the 
return  on  the  blackboard.  His  figures  were  closely 
watched  by  "Big  Bill"  Jackson,  patrolman,  who 
was  waiting  with  a  businesslike  pair  of  handcuffs 
intended  for  Arthur  Free  if  the  quota  was  not 
reached.  The  handcuffs  remained  in  "Big  Bill's" 
pocket.  The  amount  necessary  was  not  only 
reached,  but  exceeded!  The  sought  for  $100,000 
had  marvelously  become  $135,000 — and  returns 
incomplete!  San  Jose  and  the  county  were  on  rec- 
ord as  standing  not  only  patriotically,  but  finan- 
cially and  with  warm  hearted  sentiment  back  of 
' '  our  boys. ' ' 

The  Red  Cross  drive  'was  a  success.  The  men 
who  could  not  go  across  had  "put  it  across." 
They  did  it  with  tremendous  sacrifice  or  personal 
interests.  No  mere  outline  can  tell  the  real  inside 
story  of  effort  and  accomplishment,  of  untiring 
zeal  and  the  great  weariness  that  accompanied  the 
joy  of  achievement.  There  had  been  no  division 
of  days  into  hours.  Frequently  the  next  day 's 
campaign  was  being  planned  at  3  o'clock  in  the 
morning.  The  day  with  the  smallest  subscription 
totaled  $11,620.15;  the  largest,  $25,079.72.  Charles 
M.  O  'Brien  's  team  led  them  all,  with  a  subscrip- 
tion list  amounting  to  $15,229.61. 

One  of  the  heaviest  burdens  of  the  campaign, 
the  duties  of  which  did  not  close  with  the  sub- 
scription lists,  fell  upon  Louis  Simonsen,  expert 
accountant  and  undersheriff,  who  acted  as  treas- 
urer and  cashier.  This  patriotic  citizen  devoted 
all  his  time  to  the  work  which  necessitated  not 
only  caring  for  accounts,  but  keeping  a  set  of 
books  for  the  tabulation  of  all  installments  for 
the  next  four  months.  Receipts  even  had  to  be 
made  in  triplicate — one  for  the  subscriber,  one  to 
remain  with  the  records  and  one  to  be  forwarded 
to  Washington. 

Treasurer  Simonsen  and  his  corps  of  assistants 
converted  the  sheriff 's  office  into  live  Red  Cross 
headquarters!  _  Eleanor  Brown,  Dicey  Baugh, 
Marguerite  Vella  and  Mrs.  J.  F.  Charles  won  the 
sincere  gratitude  of  the  treasurer  and  the  entire 
committee  for  their  helpful  volunteer  service  in 
this  busy  Red  Cross  business  office. 

After  the  last  subscription  was  listed  Chair- 
man Samuel  G.  Tompkins  sent  out  a  letter  of 
appreciation,  which  said  in  part:  "Let  it  never 
be  said  that     the  people  are     unresponsive  to  the 


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call  of  patriotism  or  of  humanity  or  of  duty. 
Especial  praise  is  due  to  the  many  men  and  women 
who  laid  aside  their  personal  affairs  and  devoted 
their  time  to  this  patriotic  service.  *  *  »  * 
Hats  off  to  Santa  Clara  county  and  its  splendid 
manhood  and  womanhood!" 

Particular  mention  was  made  by  Arthur  M. 
Free,  the  indefatigable  campaign  manager;  the 
assistance  generously  given  by  Nellie  Farliepp, 
stenographer  in  the  district  attorney's  office;  Bell 
Gallagher,  county  official  stenographer,  and  Mrs. 
Floy  Johnson,  clerk  in  the  district  attorney 's 
office. 

In  Free 's  statement  following  the  close  of 
the  drive,  he  said:  "The  Eed  Cross  campaign  has 
opened  to  stay  open.  Already  troops  are  within 
car-shot  of  the  guns  at  the  front.  It  is  only  the 
matter  of  a  few  days  or  weeks  before  they  will 
be  facing  the  enemy's  fire.  We  cannot  let  them 
lie  where  they  fall  to  die  without  giving  them 
aid."  He  called  special  attention  to  the  splendid 
spirit  of  helpfulness  manifested,  mentioning  a  cer- 
tain millionaire  who  acted  as  chauffeur  during  the 
Bed  Cross  drive.  "That,"  said  Free,  "is  the 
caliber  of  the  men  who  helped  to  bring  this  great 
undertaking  to  a  successful  conclusion. ' '  By  that 
sincere  tribute  Arthur  M.  Free  fixed  the  status 
that  his  untiring  effort  won  for  him  in  the  appre- 
ciation of  his  townsmen.  The  heavier  burden  of 
the  campaign  fell  upon  him  and  never  for  a  day 
did  his  zeal  lessen  or  the  emblazoned  banner  of 
his  patriotism  fail  to  lead  the  host  of  men  and 
women  who  followed  him  from  the  home  trenches 
"over  the  top"  for  the  Red   Cross. 

The  first  contingent  of  our  boys  reached 
American  lake  on  September  17,  1917.  They 
arrived  in  a  sea  of  mud,  but  sang  blithely  as  they 
waded,  "Hail,  Hail,  the  Gang's  All  Here!" 
About  that  time  Lloyd  McReynolds  with  the 
"first  500,000,"  wrote  from  an  English  camp. 
Then  we  forgot  all  our  little  civic  torments  in  the 
Book  Drive  started  by  the  War  Service  committee 
of  the  American  Library  association.  Not  with 
' '  howitzers  and  shrapnel ' '  was  the  tedium  and 
loneliness  of  camp  life  to  be  destroyed;  but  with 
"books,  magazines  and  newspapers."  The  call 
came  for  $1,000,000  for  reading  matter,  the  big- 
gest move  of  the  kind  ever  contemplated. 

At  five  cents  per  capita,  San  Jose 's  quota 
'was  $1750.  Mrs.  John  E.  Richards,  president  of 
the  board  of  library  trustees,  presided  at  a  pre- 
liminary meeting  held  at  the  city  library  to  arrange 
the  campaign.  Senator  Frank  H.  Benson  drew  the 
secretaryship.  Charles  F.  Woods,  recently  ap- 
pointed librarian,  explained  the  purposes  of  the 
drive.  Among  interested  book  lovers  who  dis- 
cussed the  matter  were  Mrs.  Richards,  Charles  F. 
Woods,  County  Superintendent  of  Schools  D.  T. 
Bateman,  Miss  Clara  Smith  of  the  state  normal 
school,  E.  A.  Wilcox,  Mrs.  E.  A.  Wilcox,  Mrs. 
Thomas  H.  Reed,  City  Superintendent  of  Schools 
Alex  R.  Sheriffs,  Rev.  J.  J.  Evans,  pastor  of  the 
Christian   church     and   president   of     the   Pastors' 


union;  Father  Blackmore  of  St.  Joseph's  church; 
Mrs.  Frank  E.  Fowler,  T.  A.  Sloan  and  Grant  E. 
Bennett,  library  trustee,  and  George  C.  Wilson, 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  secretary. 

The  active  campaign  commenced  September 
24,  1917,  with  Librarian  Woods  in  charge.  More 
home  boys  said  good-bye.  That  reminded  us  that 
they  would  need  books.  Louis  F.  Col,  son  of  Peter 
E.  Col  of  Walsh-Col  Wholesale  Co.,  and  Bayard 
Bowden,  started  on  their  great  adventure  in  pat- 
riotism. J.  R.  Pennington  of  the  Bean  Spray  com- 
pany received  a  cablegram  that  his  son,  Richard 
I.  Pennington,  was  safe  with  the  aviation  corps 
"somewhere  in  France."  Cables  began  to  be 
more  frequent. 

Librarian  Woods,  ably  assisted  by  Miss  Stella 
Huntington,  county  librarian,  explained  that  the 
books  were  to  equip  a  complete  library  system  in 
each  of  the  32  national  training  camps.  These 
camps  had  water,  sewage,  adequate  housing — 
everything  but  books!     That  was  our  job. 

Over  200  posters  in  red,  \vhite  and  blue  pla- 
carded the  town.  Each  donation  of  $1.00  or  more 
entitled  the  giver  to  an  engraved  name  plate  in 
one  of  the  books  purchased.  "Send  your  name  to 
the  front  if  you  can 't  go "  was  a  drive  slogan. 
Librarian  Woods  was  a  busy  man.  He  addressed 
women's  clubs,  civic  and  educational  bodies.  Cath- 
olic organizations,  members  of  the  Bar  association 
and  the  normal  school  student  body.  We  were 
proud  to  hear  him  say  that  the  American  army 
' '  is  the  most  literate  army  in  the  world.  It  de- 
manded a  high  class  of  books  from  the  classics  to 
good  detective  stories."  Side  by  side  were  the 
brick  layer  and  the  banker,  the  hod-carriier  and 
the  professor  of  psychology.  There  must  be  books 
for  everybody — books  that  would  follow  the  boys 
when  they  followed  the  flag  to  France. 

We  were  interested!  The  chamber  of  com- 
merce and  the  Rotary  club  had  a  conference.  A 
conference  like  that  meant  real  money.  Day  by 
day  the  amount  increased.  Then  came  Saturday, 
September  27,  1917, — the  last  day  of  the  week's 
drive.  Many  of  us  remember  the  little  tags  to 
which  we  were  fastened  by  the  mere  loosening  up 
of  our  small  change.  It  was  a  great  "Tag  Day." 
A  bevy  of  San  Jose's  pretty  girls  under  the  direc- 
tion of  a  committee  headed  by  Mrs.  A.  A.  Fowler, 
played  "tag"  all  day.  If  you  gave  a  dollar  for  a 
book  or  merely  for  a  smile,  you  were  "it!"  The 
members  of  this  committee  were  Mrs.  A.  A. 
Fowler,  Mrs.  J.  E.  Richards,  M-rs.  Chas.  P.  Woods, 
Mrs.  G.  W.  Hommedieu  and  Mrs.  Nina  Moon.  Tag 
Day  brought  $300  and  the  end  of  the  drive  for 
funds.  Librarians  Woods  and  Huntington,  with 
the  assistance  of  the  interested  committees  and 
volunteer  workers  had   ' '  put  it  across. ' ' 

After  that  we  had  two  "drives"  for  books — 
all  kinds  of  books!  The  boys  clamored  for  them! 
The  motion  made  by  the  soldiers  was  heartily  sec- 
onded by  Commanders  Pershing  and  Sims.  The 
cry  for  something  to  read  came  from  land  and  sea 
— and  we  heard  it. 


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In  August,  1918,  book  lovers  began  to  have 
troubled  consciences.  Day  after  day  they  heard 
the  call  for  books.  Contributions  were  being 
received  at  the  city  and  county  library.  It  was  a 
time  of  soul-searching  and  shelf -prowling.  "Which 
shall  it  be?  I  looked  at  John  and  John  looked  at 
me,"  was  applicable.  Many  took  this  for  a  time 
of  clearing  the  attic  and  the  top  shelves  of  printed 
prehistoric  acouirulations.  It  was  a  case  of 
"between  love  and  duty"  with  the  book  lover. 
That  copy  of  Tennyson?  O —  she  couldn't!  He 
gave  it  to  her  when  they  were  first  engaged!  This 
thumb-marked  "Heroes  and  Hero  Worship?" 
Great  Scott — no!  Not  that!  He  bought  it  when 
his  little  tin  gods  were  all  bright  and  dollars 
hard-earned  and  few!  It  brought  back  — no! 
Not  that  book!  But  they  did  give.  They  sacri- 
ficed. They  gave  beautiful  books  in  wonderful 
.  bindings.  One  school  teacher  brought  to  head- 
quarters an  armful  of  good  books,  well  bound.  "I 
have  had  them  a  long  time,"  she  said,  "and  I 
love  every  one;  but  I  want  them  to  help  a  sol- 
dier. " 

One  sad  little  ancient  lady  in  a  worn  black 
silk  gown  brought  a  Bible.  It  was  a  gold  edged, 
' '  fine-print, ' '  very  fat  old-fashioned  Bible,  and  it 
was  her  only  book.  Don't  you  suppose  its  mes- 
sage went  right  to  a  soldier  boy's  heart  with  mem- 
ories of  an  almost  forgotten  grandmother? 

"Stepping  Heavenward"  in  blue  and  gold 
was  a  notable  contribution.  That  must  have  com- 
forted a  red-blooded  fighting  man  who  was  step- 
ping heavenward  in  khaki  with  every  "liurst  of  a 
shell!  There  were  handbooks  on  Etiquette;  Hints 
to  Young  Mothers;  an  old  Directory;  and  a  Na- 
tional Cloak  and  Suit  Catalogue  two  years  old. 
Wasn  't  that  adding  insult  to  injury  when  the  sol- 
dier couldn't  order  his  clothes  by  mail? 

There  was  a  copy  of  Baedeker's  German 
Guide!  That  seemed  funny  until  we  learned  that 
Uncle  Sam  had  asked  for  it.  He  wanted  to  recog- 
nize all  the  sign  posts  on  the  road  to  Berlin. 

Among  the  presentations  were  perfectly  sweet 
thin  little  daintily  bound  gift  books  of  the  days 
of  1840.  "From  Friend  to  Friend,"  and  "Love's 
Emblem"  (with  a  full  blown  rose  in  the  corner) 
might  help  with  a  quotation  when  a  felloW  wrote 
home  to  "her"  but  they  would  fail  dismally  to 
fill  the  need  of  a  haunted  hour  after  a  week  in  the 
trenches. 

With  a  fine  appreciation  of  the  fitness  of 
things  there  were  E.  P.  Roe's  "The  Earth  Tremb- 
led." and  Eggleston's  "The  End  of  the  World." 
Some  realist  did  that.  "On  the  Way  There"  and 
"Try  Again,"  were  misdirected.  They  probably 
referred  to  the  Paris  drive  and  were  intended  for 
"Bill,   Berlin." 

,  ' '  Alice  in  Wonderland, ' '  was  among  those 
present  and  the  "Five  Little  Peppers"  came  to 
add  a  dash  of  spice  to  the  already  rather  full- 
flavored  soldier 's  experience.  This  spirit  of  seem- 
ing levity  isn't  "making  fun."  There  were  many 
kindly  donors  who  just  heaped  together  every  book 


they  had  for  "our  boys"  and  in  the  varioius  lots 
there  were  bound  to  be  some  offerings  not  suitable. 
Many,  many  wonderful  books  were  given. 
Whole  sets  of  O.  Henry  and  Brete  Harte.  There 
were  Zane  Gray  and  Rex  Beach  and  Jack  London. 
There  were  duplicates  of  Sherlock  Holmes  and 
Anna  Catherine  Green  and  their  detective  con- 
temporaries. The  Rotary  Club  gave  75  splendid 
books  that  have  doubtless  made  75  times  75  dough- 
boys  happy. 

There  was  everything  in  fiction  from  Bertha 
M.  Clay  to  William  Dean  Howells — and  that's 
some  distance!  There  were  all  the  poets  from  the 
early  Victorian  to  Virile,  two-fisted  Kipling  and 
Service.  There  was  history,  biography,  all  the 
sciences — and  heaps  of  Bibles!  San  Jose  gave  and 
gave  and  gave  until  asked  to  stop! 

Nearly  all  our  books  went  to  Camp  Fremont. 
They  were  all  transported  by  Sheriff  Arthur  Lang- 
ford  who  turned  his  automobile  into  a  truck  and 
made  many  trips  with  loads  of  books  for  "the 
boys. ' ' 

In  every  book  was  pasted  a  slip  that  read: 
"Soldiers'  Library.  Given  by  the  citizens  of 
Santa  Clara  County,  California." 

These  slips  were  all  pasted  and  much  of  the 
tremendous  task  of  assorting  and  listing  the  books 
was  done  at  the  County  Library  by  E.  B.  Hunting- 
ton, father  of  Miss  Stella  Huntington,  the  County 
Librarian.  Others  who  gave  generously  of  their 
time  to  this  work  at  the  County  headquarters  were 
Mrs.  O.  M.  Regnart,  Elizabeth  Stevens,  Miss  E.  A. 
Beattie,  Isabel  Moore,  Mrs.  M.  D.  Simons  and 
Stella  Huntington. 

At  the  City  Library  the  Book  drives  increased 
every  day's  duties.  This  extra  labor  was  patrioti- 
cally shouldered  by  Librarian  Charles  F.  Woods, 
Ada  Holland,  Ivy  Larmour,  Grace  .Cox,  Roslyn 
Boring,  Clara  Bassett,  Velma  Eastin  and  Clarisse 
Priant. 

San  Jose  proved  two  things  by  its  response  to 
these  appeals,  its  love  for  "the  boys"  and  its  love 
for   books! 

WAR  GARDENS 

Early  in  the  spring  of  1917  Herbert  Hoover 
began  to  be  very  Hooverish.  He  picked  out  "con- 
servation" from  all  the  words  in  the  dictionary 
and  made  it  a  slogan.  He  sent  two  messages  from 
Belgium,  where  he  headed  the  relief  commission. 
One  was  that  word  "conservation."  The  other 
told  that  he  was  coming  to  take  control  of  the 
food  problem.  A  call  for  increased  food  produc- 
tion flashed  across  the  country.  That  brought 
about  the  war  garden  campaign  of  1917.  Back 
yards,  vacant  lots,  every  acre  of  idle  land  must 
do  its  bit.  Never  before  had  any  communiity  ex- 
perienced such  a  zestful,  helpful,  patriotic  wave 
of  "getting,  down  and  digging"  as  went  over  us 
then.  We  turned  the  old  song  about.  We  "hung 
up  the  fiddle  and  the  bow"  and  "took  do^vn  the 
shovel   and   the   hoe!" 

On  May  the  first,  1917,  San  Jose  high  school 
students   heard   the   war   garden   program    outlined 


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by  Prof.  B.  H.  Crocheron  of  tlie  department  of 
agriculture  of  the  University  of  California.  He 
held  the  official  appointment  made  by  Dean  Hunt 
of  the  College  of  Agriculture  to  enlist  the  help  of 
all  boys  too  young  to  enlist  for  other  service.  At 
the  time  of  his  visit  to  San  Jose,  which  was  the 
first  one  made  in  the  state,  he  found  that  the  high 
school  agricultural  department  had  114  pupils 
interested  in  practical  crop  production.  These 
student-farmers  constituted  an  Agricultural  club, 
under  the  direction  of  Prof.  J.  R.  Case,  Jr.  This 
first  meeting  resulted  in  the  enlistment  of  350 
high  school  boys  who  pledged  themselves  to  crop 
production   and  to  assist   with   the  year's  harvest. 

Food  production  plans  occupied  the  earnest 
attention  of  the  council  of  defense.  A  citizen 's 
committee  under  the  leadership  of  E.  E.  Chase 
became  interested.  The  Rotary  club  stood  solidly 
behind  the  campaign.  By  May  2,  1917,  plans  were 
well  under  way  to  supervise  intensive  gardening. 
The  entire  committee,  chosen  from  all  organiza- 
tions interested  numbered  nine:  George  N.  Her- 
bert, chairman;  S.  E.  Johnson,  Alexander  Sheriffs, 
J.  J.  McDonald,  Arthur  Cann,  W.  L.  Atkinson, 
Elton  R.  Shaw,  E.  E.  Chase  and  Charles  M. 
O  'Brien.  Members  of  this  able  committee  did  not 
constitute  the  entire  body  of  enthusiasts.  Every 
man,  woman  and  child  who  owned  or  could  borrow 
a  bit  of  land  made  up  a  committee  "of  the  whole." 
Campiglia  advised  the  Rotarians  of  the  campaign 
progress  in  other  sections — and  San  Jose  just  rolled 
up  its  sleeves  and  went  to  farming. 

The  response  to  the  appeal  for  vacant  lots  was 
an  avalanche!  All  schools  received  visits  from  the 
committee.  By  May  3  the  Horace  Mann  children 
had  taken  30  lots,  each  having  more  than  4000 
square  feet.  The  Grant  and  Longfellow  children 
planned  to  cultivate  their  own  back  yards.  School 
heads  agreed  to  farm  lots  themselves  or  in  co- 
operation with  the  children.  Rotarians  grabbed  a 
piece  of  land  some  distance  from  town  and  planted 
50  acres  of  corn.  They  offered  special  inducements 
to  school  children  in  the  form  of  prizes.  For  the 
best  garden,  $5.  Then  four  prizes  of  $1  each — 
altogether  about  $72  to  be  competed  for.  The  one 
specified  thing  was  that  4000  square  feet  must  be 
planted.  Arthur  Cann  offered  a  prize  of  $10  for 
the  best  garden.  For  the  second  prize,  $6  and  $4 
for  the  third. 

Then  work  began  in  earnest.  Weeds  and  dry 
grass  trembled  and  tin  cans  knew  their  hour  of 
doom  had  come.  First  of  all,  the  vacant  lots 
must  be  well  "soaked"  or  the  ground  would  be 
lumpy  at  the  plowing.  This  watering  was  under- 
taken by  the  Rotarians.  The  council  of  defense 
and  other  interested  organizations  found  the  San 
Jose  Water  company  eager  to  help  by  reducing 
rates  for  home  gardens  and  donating  "water  for 
vacant  lots.  The  San  Jose  fire  department,  under 
Chief  Edward  Haley  and  Assistant  Chief  Herman 
Hobson  volunteered  to  do  the  flooding  of  the  lots. 
The  street  department,  directed  by  City  Engineer 
Walter  H.  Hunt,  were  to  furnish  teams  and  a  plow 


and  do  the  needed  work  on  as  many  lots  as  pos- 
sible. The  Bean  Spray  company  offered  a  tractor 
for  plowing  the  larger  lots  and  groups  of  lots. 

Then  the  100  Boy  Scouts  of  the  First  Metho- 
dist church,  under  the  leadership  of  Rev.  Frank 
McLain  each  pledged  himself  to  "feed  a  soldier." 
They  promised  to  forget  vacation — and  they  kept 
that  promise.  They  put  on  an  unexpected  and 
novel  program.  One  evening  in  May,  headed  by 
two  stalwart  policemen,  and  armed  with  rakes  and 
hoes  for  weapons,  they  marched  through  the  down- 
town streets.  The  scouts  bubbled  over  with  pat- 
riotism. One  little  laddie  said:  "Maybe  I'm  too 
little  to  carry  a  gun,  but  I  can  make  a  garden!" 
For  months  Rev.  Frank  McLain,  Mr.  Farrier  of 
the  First  National  bank,  George  Norris  and  Don- 
ald Arguello  had  worked  on  the  Boy  Scout  move- 
ment in  San  Jose  and  their  efforts  found  recog- 
nition in  the  cheers  that  greeted  this  patriotic 
parade  of  volunteer  food  producers. 

The  Rotarians  did  more  than  make  speeches 
and  cheer.  They  dug  in  their  individual  gardens 
and  they  dug  down  deep  in  their  pockets  and  put 
up  several  hundreds  of  dollars  to  finance  the  work 
of  getting  the  vacant  lot  gardens  ready  to  plant. 
They  secured  the  services  of  C.  H.  Waterman,  who 
took  charge  of  their  planting  campign  for  30  days. 
It  was  a  unique  campaign,  for  it  was  the  first  time 
in  the  history  of  the  city  that  its  government 
turned  gardener!  Firemen  to  do  the  flooding,  police 
department  volunteering  to  transport  the  hose 
from  place  to  place  and  the  city's  teams  to  do  the 
plowing! 

The  firemen  had  the  worst  of  it.  Their  work 
was  done  between  the  hours  of  eight  in  the  even- 
ing and  four  the  next  morning — but  not  one  of 
them  complained.  There  was  diffieulty  in  finding 
the  lots.  Frequently  instead  of  one  vacant  lot 
they  found  four  and  the  middle  of  the  night  was 
a  mighty  inconvenient  time  to  flnd  out  which  lot 
to  flood!  All  night,  night  after  night,  the  fire 
boys  worked.  They  "dyked"  the  lots  until  each 
one  looked  like  a  miniature  Holland — then  turned 
on  the  water.  From  10  to  12  lots  were  flooded 
every  night.  Some  lot  owners  forgot  that  there 
was  a  limit  to  the  hose  and  listed  lots  far  from  a 
hydrant.  The  firemen's  hours  were  beautifully 
elastic  but  the  hose  wouldn't  stretch.  During  all 
San  Jose's  war  work  campaigns  there  was  never 
a  more  unselfish  service  than  the  work  done  by 
our  firemen  during  his  garden  activity.  They 
worked — and  worked  hard — while  the  rest  of  us 
slept,  and  beside  this  service  they  cultivated  some 
wonderful  gardens. 

There  came  a  call  for  more  teams  and  plows 
and  men — and  right  at  that  critical  time  the  civic 
gardeners'  plow  struck  a  snag!  Some  one  dis- 
covered that  if  the  city  teams  were  used  for  plow- 
ing that  the  city  would  have  to  run  right  square 
over  the  majestic  body  of  the  LAW!  There  wasn't 
any  provision — by  law — for  this  expenditure!  The 
Rotarians  held  a  peppery  meeting  with  Charles  R. 
Parkinson  in  charge.     E.  E.   Chase   explained  that 


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while  the  city  desired  to  put  its  civic  hand  to  the 
garden  plow  it  was  prevented  by  the  cold  injunc- 
tion of  the  law!  It  all  ended  beautifully.  They 
talked  it  over  and  the  Rotarians  consulted  the 
depths  of  the  various  and  several  Botarian  pockets 
and  just  said  that  the  campaign  was  going  through 
— law  or  no  law!  This  plan  would  not  be  allowed 
to  slip  between  the  handles  of  a  mere  plow.  The 
tempest  stilled  when  Charles  Parkinson  presented 
the  Eotary  club  with  a  framed  photograph  of  past 
president  John  D.  Kustcr  to  be  hung  on  the  club 
walls.  The  light  of  John 's  countenance  restored 
tranquility  and  the  club  farmers  plowed  straight 
through  luncheon!  The  tempest  didn't  amount  to 
a,  "hill  of  beans"  anyway! 

A  conference  of  all  the  local  food  production 
experts  was  held  at  the  High  School  cafeteria  on 
May  10,  1819,  E.  E.  Chase,  chairman  of  the  origi- 
nal food  supply  committee,  presiding.  Earl  Mor- 
ris, county  horticultural  commissioner,  was  made 
chairman  of  the  campaign  committee  and  the  per- 
sonnel of  those  attending  this  conference  was: 
E.  E.  Chase,  W.  L.  Atkinson,  representing  the 
Eotary  club.  Alexander  Sheriffs,  city  superintend- 
ent of  schools;  Arthur  M.  Free,  and  J.  D.  Chace, 
Jr.,  of  the  council  of  defense;  Prof.  J.  B.  Case,  Jr., 
of  high  school  agriculture  department,  and  C.  H. 
Waterman,  general  campaign  supervisor;  Karl 
Hazeltine  and  Earnest  L.  Conant.  Conant  had 
been  appointed  assistant  to  the  county  horticul- 
tural commissioner,  the  appointment  made  by  the 
council  of  defense  and  necessitated  by  the  extra 
work  of  the  campaign.  Conant  took  entire  charge 
of  the  county  operations  and  Earl  Morris,  assisted 
by  Waterman  and  Prof.  Case,  handled  the  city 
plans. 

Arthur  M.  Free,  toured  the  schools  and 
enthused  the  entire  county  with  accounts  of  what 
San  Jose  was  accomplishing. 

J.  J.  McDonald  heard  the  call  for  help.  He 
donated  a  plow.  Teams  were  loaned  by  John  R. 
Chace  and  the  Standard  Oil  company.  Over  500 
high  school  and  normal  girl  students  enlisted  in 
the  Nvork.  Those  who  did  not  actively  engage  in 
gardening  gave  valuable  service  by  listing  lots  and 
keeping  up  a  system  of  card  indexing. 

Some  of  us  remember  a  certain  Friday  at  high 
noon  when  proud  Botarians  stood  on  the  corner  of 
San  Pedro  street  and  Hawthorne  way  to  watch  the 
Bean  Spray  company 's  tractor  break  ground  for 
war  gardens.  In  the  first  four  days  of  the  cam- 
paign 40  lots  were  watered  and  32  plowed. 

Ernest  L.  Conant  suggested  what  was  best  to 
plant  and  high  school  boys  from  the  agricultural 
club  whizzed  busily  around  on  motorsycles  to 
supervise  the  planting.  We  learned  to  look  a  seed 
potato  straight  in  the  eye  and  formed  the  intimate 
acquaintance  with  hitherto  unheard  of  varieties  of 
beans.  Children 's  conversation  became  a  mixture 
of  potato  and  bean-planting  lore.  We  remembered 
that  William  Jennings  Bryan  said  during  his 
Chautauqua  lecture  in  San  Jose  about  this  food 
production    campaign:      "The    value    of    this   food 


will  be  small  compared  to  the  value  to  the  girls 
and  boys  themselves."  We  were  all  digging  to 
learn   thrift. 

About  200  lots  were  cultivated  approximating 
30  acres,  beside  all  the  acres  back  yards  that  had 
suffered  a  change  of  heart!  The  pupils  of  one 
school  gardened  plots  only  8x10  and  grew  wonder- 
ful lettuce  and  radishes.  One  small  boy  found  no 
other  "land  available,  so  he  pre-empted  part  or 
the  driveway  and  dug  it  up  for  his  garden.  It 
stayed  dug  up  and  it  was  a  good  garden. 

Some  one  remembered  to  go  over  on  Sherman 
street  and  take  a  look  at  A.  P.  Hill's  back  yard. 
One  visit  became  the  incentive  for  greater  garden 
effort.  On  two  lots  Mr.  Hill  had  (always  does 
have)  a  wonderful  garden.  Beside  the  lettuce  and 
Swiss  chard,  peas,  beans,  carrots  and  onions,  there 
were  18  fruit  trees,  200  feet  of  berry  vines  and  a 
hedge  of  bamboo  that  supplied  the  trellis  for  the 
Flaming  Tokay  grapes.  When  asked  the  secret  of 
his  back-yard-garden  success,  Mr.  Hill  said: 
"Nothing  is  wasted  here — not  even  space!"  His 
accomplishment  was  an  example  of  successful 
intensive  gardening  that  spurred  many  of  the  war 
gardeners   to  emulative   efforts. 

Not  every  back  yard  or  corner  lot  scored  a 
success.  Vacation  came  and  with  hundreds  of 
young  San  Joseans  working  "in  the  fruit"  and 
helping  with  other  harvests  some  of  the  well  started 
gardens  were  unattended.  But  taken  as  a  whole, 
the  War  Garden  campaign  was  a  wonderful  suc- 
cess. School  heads  reported  that  much  of  the 
money  obtained  from  the  sale  of  vegetables  was 
invested  in  war  savings  stamps  by  the  children. 
Home  consumers  paid  for  the  products  at  regular 
market  prices  and  accurate  accounts  were  kept. 
Then  after  the  harvest  came  the  awarding  of 
prizes!  This  hadn't  been  easy  work  for  little 
hands  to  do.  Even  grownup  arms  and  backs  had 
ached  from  the  hard  and  frequently  unaccustomed 
work,  but  no  one  complained.  Gardens  had  been 
well  tended — unless  it  was  the  night  when  Mary 
Pickford  came  to  town.  No  one  remembered  a 
garden  then! 

The  winners  of  the  first  and  second  prizes 
offered  by  the  Botary  club  in  the  schools  were: 
Gardner  school — ^Herbert  Heyer,  Jack  Hewett. 
Lowell  school — Willie  Jury,  Harris  Willson. 
Washington  school — Frank  Guerra,  Emilo  Gag- 
liaido.  Hawthorne  school — Mario  and  Frank 
Duino,  first;  George  Straight,  second.  Grant 
school — Louis  Arnone,  first;  Denward  and  Fred 
Davis,  second.  Horace  Mann  school — Albert 
Haehnlen  and  George  Bliss,  first;  Vivian  Thornton, 
Thelma  Lanz,  Alves  Davis,  Ruby  Withers,  Thelma 
McGary  and  Carol  Ames,  second.  Longfellow 
school — Byron  and  Thelma  Hunt,  first;  Walter 
Dooley,  Emile  Bicca  and  Cecil  Morehead,  second. 
Lincoln  school — Bay  Nicholas,  Jack  Gilleran. 
Awards  were  all  made  by  Assistant  Horticultural 
Commissioner  Ernest  L.  Conant. 

No  story  of  this  1917  garden  activity  would 
be  complete  without  special  mention  of  Bev.  J.  H. 


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Wythe,  who,  during  the  entire  period  was  deeply 
interested  in  the  movement  and  who  aided  its  suc- 
cess in  every  way,  not  only  because  of  his  govern- 
ment appointment  on  this  commission  but  because 
of  his  love  of  gardens.  During  1918  Prof.  Joseph 
E.  Hancock  was  given  the  chairmanship  of  war 
garden  activities  by  C.  C.  Moore,  chairman  of  the 
state  council  of  defense.  Prof.  Hancock  had  an 
extensive  campaign  planned  when  the  armistice 
removed  the  pressing  necessity  for  increased  food 
production. 

It  was  a  great  campaign!  It  was  everybody's 
campaign — and  everybody  worked!  What  a  joy 
it  was  to  know  that  while  we  made  wildernesses 
of  back  yards  and  vacant  corner  lots  "blossom 
like  the  rose ' '  we  were  helping  to  feed  the  men 
who  held  the  line  in  the  smoke  and  battle  over- 
seas. It  was  grubbing — not  glory — but  patriotism 
grew  in  every  garden. 

SECOND  LOAN  CAMPAIGN 

By  September,  1917,  the  actualities  of  war  had 
put  a  feeling  of  restriction  around  big  American 
hearts.  Flanders  Fields  were  crimsoned  with  a 
stain  redder  than  the  crushed  poppies.  The  con- 
stant roll  of  the  guns  shook  the  world.  Troop 
trains  filled  with  our  own  khaki-clad  boys  rolled 
across  the  country.  Good-byes  were  said  with  the 
tears  choked  back  and  the  heartaches  camouflaged 
with  smiles.  There  were  accusations  of  sedition 
in  high  places.  Colonel  Roosevelt,  in  Kansas  City, 
was  urging  haste  and  denouncing  La  Follette,  all 
pacifists  and  the  country 's  unpreparedness  with 
scorching  phillippics.  Everywhere  there  ^vas  talk 
of  only  "six  months  more  fighting  weather"  and 
hope  expressed  that  it  might  all  be  over  before 
winter. 

September  25,  Lieutenant  J.  A.  Crozin  and  Ser- 
geant A.  D.  MacKenzie  of  the  Canadian  contingent 
known  as  "Toban's  Tigers,"  came  to  tell  us  of 
the  horrors  and  atrocities  overseas.  None  who 
saw  and  heard  him  will  ever  forget  MacKenzie, 
who  had  suffered  almost  complete  loss  of  his  sight, 
but  whose  heart  still  beat  true  for  the  cause  of 
liberty  and  justice.  We  were  slow  to  believe 
stories  of  atrocities — until  witnesses  like  Sergeant 
MacKenzie  caine — straight  from  the  grime  and 
smoke  and  horror  of  the  front. 

These  British  recruiting  officers  gave  a  demon- 
stration of  the  gas  mask  and  the  use  of  the  tri- 
angle bandage  at  Jay  McCabe's.  By  every  pos- 
sible method  they  appealed  to  us  to  help  save 
the  children — and  we  heard  and  understood.  Then 
came  the  call  for  the  second  liberty  loan. 

Wednesday,  September  26,  1917,  San  Jose  bade 
good-bye  to  Companies  B  and  M,  California  vol- 
unteers, trained  at  Fort  Mason,  who  passed  through 
on  their  Way  to  "somewhere  in  France."  That 
same  day  J.  D.  Kuster,  W.  S.  Clayton,  V.  J.  La^ 
Motte,  Victor  Palmer  and  Dr.  W.  C.  Bailey  went 
to  San  Francisco  to  consult  with  the  general  exec- 
utive committee.  Friday  the  local  meeting  was 
held  to  arrange  for  the  opening  of  the  loan  cam- 
paign     October      1.        The      committee      personnel 


remained   the   same   as   in   the   first   loan,   John    D. 
Kuster,  chairman,  and  Dr.  W.  C.  Bailey  secretary. 

At  this  time  President  Wilson,  in  his  farewell 
to  Henry  Frank-Boullon,  a  member  of  the  French 
cabinet,  who  was  in  Washington  on  official  busi- 
ness, spoke  the  words  that  became  the  keynote  of 
second  liberty  loan  endeavor.  "To  the  last  man, 
to  the  last  dollar,  the  whole  force  of  the  United 
States  is  at  your  service. ' '  With  that  idea  in 
mind  the  committee  commenced  their  second  mon- 
umental  task. 

The  city  was  divided  into  four  districts,  each 
with  well  defined  street  boundaries,  and  a  com- 
petent executive  head  named  for  each  district. 
Joseph  M.  Parker  was  made  chairman  of  ward 
number  1;  Arthur  M.  Free,  ward  number  2;  A.  L. 
Hubbard,  ward  number  3,  and  H.  A.  Harms,  ward 
number  4.  Each  chairman  appointed  a  working 
committee  of  from  50  to  100  in  his  district  with 
captains  and  lieutenants  so  as  to  quickly  organ- 
ize effective  work. 

Camp  lists  filled  the  papers, — camp  lists  that 
later  tragically  changed  to  casualties.  Governor 
William  D.  Stephens  issued  a  proclamation  in 
which  he  said:  "At  this  solemn  moment  I  call 
upon  the  people  of  California  in  all  public  gath- 
erings and  assemblies  to  renew  in  their  hearts 
their  pledge  of  patriotic  devotion  to  our  country 
and    flag. ' ' 

John  K.  Lynch,  governor  of  the  Federal 
Reserve  bank,  asked  the  co-operation  of  all  mayors 
and  executive  heads. 

At  this  time  the  Eighth  regiment,  comprising 
over  a  thousand  men,  Colonel  George  M.  Weeks 
commanding,  arrived  at  Camp  Fremont  after  a 
two  months'  trip  from  the  Philippine  islands.  The 
famous  California  grizzlies  were  forming  and 
camped  at  Tanforan,  prominent  among  them  being 
Major  Robert  I.  Bentley,  Captain  Cedric  R.  Rich- 
mond, Captain  Ellsworth  E.  Chase  and  Lieutenant 
Wilmer  Gross.  The  cross  above  the  hallowed 
grave  of  Lieutenant  Wilmer  Gross  "somewhere  in 
France ' '  casts  its  shadow  on  the  hearts  of  the 
home-folk  for  the  continuance  of  whose  liberty  he 
made  the   supreme   sacrifice. 

Sunday,  September  30,  1917,  the  Argall 
Brothers  quartet  made  their  last  appearance  as  a 
singing  group  at  the  Methodist  church.  Charles 
was  to  leave  for  France  in  a  few  days.  Heart- 
breaking days  Svere  to  intervene  before  San 
Joseans  listened  again  to  the  voices  of  these 
brothers  in  the  songs  we  had  learned  to  love. 

Joseph  M.  Parker's  committee  didn't  waste 
any  time.  They  met  Sunday  at  the  Vendome  hotel 
and  for  each  of  the  six  precincts  in  the  first  ward 
a  chairman  and  his  aides  were  named.  Precinct 
No.  1— Henry  Ayer,  chairman;  William  Watson, 
Joseph  Hartman,  William  I.  Geoffrey,  W.  F.  Curry 
and  Dr.  A.  A.  Cavagnara. 

Precinct  No.  2 — Joseph  Magistretti,  chairman; 
D.  M.  Denegri,  J.  Cailleau,  Eugene  Pezolo,  F.  W. 
Hogan.  Precinct  3— John  V.  Slavich,  chairman; 
A.   P.   Lepesh,   August     P.   Minjoulet,   Gus   Wendt, 


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N.  A.  Pellerano.  Precinct  4 — J.  J.  McLaurin, 
chairman;  Matt  Glennon,  W.  P.  Isham,  A.  R. 
Kennedy.  Precinct  5 — W.  L.  Atkinson,  chairman; 
Dan  J.  Flannery,  George  H.  Anderson,  George  Mc- 
Donald, J.  R.  Kocher,  James  Gillon,  A.  N.  Losse. 
Precinct  6 — Alexander  Sheriffs,  chairman;  Harry 
Morris,  J.  F.  O'Keefe,  Miss  Lynch,  Mrs.  Fred 
Keller,  Mrs.  Bennett,  Mrs.  J.  J.  Conniff,  Mrs. 
Baggott. 

Other  war  leaders  hastened  to  perfect  their 
working  force.  Free  learned  that  AI  Hubbard  was 
coming  over  in  his  ward  and  appropriating  some 
of  the  best  workers.  Hubbard  made  approaches 
to  Billy  Prussia,  who  was  counted  on  by  Free  as  a 
soliciting  prize  winner.  That  would  never  do. 
Free  called  a  meeting  at  the  chamber  of  commerce. 
Hubbard  called  a  meeting  at  the  same  time  and 
place!  They  compromised!  It  was  the  best  com- 
promise in  the  Xvorld.  They  simply  agreed  to  com- 
bine forces  and  fight  side  by  side  to  a  victorious 
finish  with  the  following  committeemen: 

Free 's  workers — S.  W.  Waterhouse,  James 
Finley,  C.  A.  Hall,  Walter  Lillick,  Juanita  Halsey, 
Jennie  Sheriffs,  *R.  R.  Syer,  E.  M.  Rosenthal,  S. 
Trapani,  Jese  Levy,  Alexander  Hart,  Joe  Millard, 
Bert  Gassett,  Judge  P.  F.  Gosbey,  Elmer  E.  Chase, 
Tom  Bodley,  Fannie  Morrison,  Mrs.  C.  A.  Way- 
land,  Dr.  William  Simpson,  Dr.  J.  J.  Miller,  Gus 
Lion,  Frank  O'Connell,  Alfred  Madsen,  Karl  Stull, 
Mrs.  Fosgate,  Dr.  David  A.  Beattie,  Tom  Watson, 
Mrs.  T.  L.  Blanchard,  Walter  Chrisman,  L.  Mag- 
gini,  Sam  E.  Smith,  Samuel  Tompkins,  R.  C.  Mc- 
Comish,  Captain  Bailey,  Captain  Cambpell,  Mrs. 
Mae  Faull,  Mrs.  Henry  Lion,  Mrs.  S.  Ogier,  Robert 
Borchers,  A.  C.  Kuhns,   Ralph  Lowe. 

That  aggregation  doesn  't  sound  as  if  Arthur 
Free  needed  to  be  stingy  with  Al  Hubbard!  But 
Hubbard  had  some  first  lieutenants  of  his  very 
own  before  that  compromise,  although  conspiracy 
is  evidenced  by  some  of  the  names  appearing  on 
both  lists.  Hubbard  claimed  Karl  Stull  (Karl  was 
in  demand),  Charles  R.  Parkinson,  E.  P.  Lion, 
Sanford  Bacon,  W.  L.  Prussia,  (Billy  was  a  bone 
of  contention,  too),  Alexander  Hart  (that's  two 
for  him).  Jay  McCabe  (everybody  claimed  Jay), 
Charles  M.  O  'Brien,  J.  H.  Levy  (another  claim- 
jump  here),  Joseph  DuBrutz,  Clove  Pomeroy,  Val- 
entine Koch,  Walter  Trinkler,  Harrison  P.  Smith, 
J.  W.  Williams,  William   Boschken. 

In  ward  4  H.  A.  Harms,  chairman,  put  his 
sign  and  seal  on  the  following  gentlemanly  solic- 
itors, each  to  name  other  able  assistants:  C.  W. 
Davison,  Judge  Urban  A.  Sontheimer,  E.  P.  Bonar., 
J.  B.  Chiappe,  F.  A.  Gunn,  J.  M.  McKiernan,  C.  H. 
James,  Mrs.   D.   H.   Roberts. 

Word  came  that  on  the  following  Friday, 
October  5,  more  than  700  Liberty  Boys  would  pass 
through  San  Jose  on  their  way  to  Camp  Lewis. 
Those  boys  had  a  grand  reception.  Citizens,  Red 
Cross  workers,  everyone  united  to  honor  them. 
The  reception  and  supper  given  them  in  St.  James 
street  next  to  the  Park,  followed  the  city 's  good- 
bye to  126  of  the  local  boys,  who  left  that  day  for 
army   camps. 


October  6,  John  D.  Kuster  received  a  telegram 
from  Mrs.  E.  R.  Brainard,  chairman  of  the  Woman 's 
Liberty  Loan  committee  for  California,  asking 
that  women  be  appointed  for  county  work.  Mrs. 
C.  A.  Wayland  was  given  the  honor  of  the  first 
appointment  as  chairman  and  immediately  began 
to  perfect  an  organization.  The  women  entered 
into  the  campaign  with  as  much  fervor  as  the 
men. 

Judge  William  A.  Beasly  headed  the  speakers ' 
committee  and  secured  Charles  K.  Field,  editor  of 
Sunset  Magazine,  who  addressed  an  immense 
audience  in  the  First  Baptist  church  the  next 
Sunday  evening. 

Other  speakers  who  gave  their  services  during 
the  campaign  under  Judge  Beasly 's  direction  were 
J.  S.  Williams,  Dr.  J.  W.  Dinsmore,  Arthur  Free, 
Victor  LaMotte,  Senator  Herbert  H.  Jones,  A.  C. 
Kuhn,  Fred  L.  Thomas,  M.  E.  Griffiths,  Victor 
Palmer,  F.  M.  Coleman  and  Senator  Frank  H. 
Benson. 

On  October  8  a  telegram  from  W.  G.  McAdoo 
reached  Joseph  M.  Parker,  president  of  the  cham- 
ber of  commerce,  "I  am  counting  upon  San  Jose." 
ran  the  message,  "to  overscribe  its  allotment  to 
the  second  liberty  loan,  and  know  that  the  patriot- 
ism of  your  citizens  can  be  relied  upon  to  achieve 
the  desired  result.  The  failure  of  one  liberty  loan 
would  be  iWorse  than  a  defeat  upon  the  battlefield. 
America  can  never  permit  such  a  defeat." 

On  October  9  the  liberty  loan  committee  met 
and  Chairman  Kuster  called  for  greater  effort, 
"We  are  all  busy  now,"  he  said,  "but  let's  get 
busier,  double  our  exertions  and  clean  this  thing 
up  inside  of  ten   days." 

Mrs.  Charles  C.  Wayland 's  committee  of 
women  was  co-operating  with  the  men 's  liberty 
loan  committee  and  the  women 's  council  of 
defense. 

H.  W.  McComas  was  made  chairman  of  the 
four  minute  men — Arthur  M.  Free,  Senator  Jones 
and  Grant  Bennett,  Dr.  James  B.  Bullitt  was 
added  to  the  general  executive  committee  and  was 
to  spend  all  his  time  visiting  the  various  local- 
ities throughout  the  county  to  assist  the  commit- 
tees with  his  energy  and  enthusiasm  for  the  pat- 
riotic jmrpose  of  the  loan.  Frank  Hoyt  was  to 
attend  the  showing  of  slides  at  the  theatres. 
Parkinson  and  Sheriffs  were  to  arrange  for  a 
gigantic  school  parade.  F.  J.  McHenry  was  made 
responsible  for  the  appearance  on  hotel  menu  cards 
of  liberty  loan  ' '  reminders. ' '  He  is  the  man  to 
blame  for  "Have  you  bought  a  Bond?"  getting 
mixed  up  with  the  roast  beef  and  mashed  potatoes. 
He  stirred  up  many  a  sleeping  conscience  and  dis- 
turbed  placid   indigestions! 

About  this  time  we  began  to  hear  of  ' '  the 
contemptible  little  army."  Anti-loan  plotters 
were  at  work.  Pro-German  propagandists  were 
bending  all  their  energies  to  defeat  the  loan.  The 
President  issued  a  proclamation  making  October 
24  Liberty  day,  and  asking  that  the  result  of  the 
loan  campaign  be  "so  impressive  and  emphatic 
that  it  will     echo  throughout     the  empire  of     our 


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enemy  as  an  index  of  what  America  intends  to  do 
to  bring  this  war  to  a  victorious  conclusion," 

When  the  middle  of  October  passed  with  only 
$500,000  out  of  the  quota  of  $3,000,000  raised  in 
the  county,  a  mass  meeting  was  called  at  the  Vic- 
tory theatre.  Hon.  C.  C.  Moore,  president  P.  P. 
I.  E.  and  Warren  Gregory,  a  San  Francisco  law- 
yer, made  eloquent  appeals  particularly  to  the 
farmers,  stating  that  Santa  Clara  county  was  not 
coming  up  to  the  expectations  founded  on  its 
agricultural  wealth.  "Isn't  there  a  deuce  of  a 
lot  of  theoretical  patriotism  here?"  asked  one 
speaker.  ' '  Isn  't  there  a  large  number  of  men  who 
have  sacrificed  nothing  whatever  of  their  con- 
venience for  their  country  in  its  struggle?  They 
say  the  farmers  are  holding  back.  Lord  love  'em! 
The  government  is  going  to  get  this  money.  If 
they  don't  get  it  through  loans  they  Kvill  tax  you 
for  it.  Birds  that  can  sing  and  won't  sing  ought 
to  be  made  to  sing!" 

That  address  made  many  "backward  farm- 
ers" sing  to  the  tune  of  things,  but  a  greater 
volume  of  subscriptions  began  to  come  in.  A 
clearing  house  for  the  bonds  was  opened  in  room 
711,  across  the  hall  from  headquarters  in  Rich- 
mond's office,  with  Mrs.  Amanda  Miller  and  Edith 
Coalman  in  charge. 

Friday,  October  19,  San  Jose  saw  a  wonder- 
fully inspiring  parade  of  school  children.  More 
than  5000  were  in  line  with  banners  and  flags, 
drum  corps  and  bands.  The  parade,  fifteen  blocks 
long,  was  led  by  City  Manager  Reed  and  Charles 
Parkinson,   head   of  the   committee. 

The  grammar  schools,  the  high  school  student 
body,  hundreds  of  Normal  students  and  even  the 
' '  little  tots ' '  were  in  that  parade.  The  Agnew  state 
band  swelled  the  chorus  of  music.  Effective  ban- 
ners appeared  at  interyals.  One  proud  little  boy  's 
banner  proclaimed,  "  My  daddy  has  done  his  share. 
Has  yours?  The  colors  of  all  nations  blended  with 
the  Stars  and  Stripes  and  were  prophetic  of  the 
years  to  come^the  years  of  the  new  brotherhood 
for  Nvhich  we  were  fighting. 

Much  of  the  success  of  the  inspiring  parade 
was  due  to  the  efforts  of  Dr.  M.  E.  Dailey,  Agnes 
B.  Howe  arid  Alexander   Sherriffs. 

Many  things  beside  spectacular  parades  weri^ 
helping  the  liberty  loan  committee  obtain  their 
quota.  Letters  were  coming  to  the  home  folks 
from  absent  boys — boys  in  faraway  places.  Neil 
H.  Petree,  with  the  Stanford  Ambulance  unit, 
wrote  from  Albania.  The  world  seemed  to  have 
lost  its  geographical  divisions.  Americans  were 
everywhere — and  they  had  to  be  taken  care  of. 
We  hurried  a  bit  with  that  loan. 

The  president 's  proclamation  had  designated 
October  24  as  Liberty  day  and  Joseph  M.  Parker, 
Chas.  R.  Parkinson,  Henry  Ayer  and  Joseph  T. 
Brooks  went  to  Camp  Fremont  to  confer  with 
Captains  Smiley,  Keck  and  Creed  about  having  the 
troops   take   part   in   the   day's   demonstration. 

Dr.  James  B.  Bullitt,  J.  S.  Williams  and  Victor 
Palmer  did  valiant  liberty  loan  work  among  the 
Japanese  and   Portuguese   residents   of   the   county 


and  found  them  possessed  of  a  fine  spirit  of  patri- 
otism and  eager  to  co-operate. 

"Billy"  Emerson,  San  Jose's  veteran  Newsic, 
was  a  live  bond  solicitor.  He  talked  bonds  to  the 
newsboys  until  they  were  all  interested.  Just  as 
soon  as  "Billy"  got  a  prospective  buyer  ho 
marched  him  over  to  the  First  National  bank,  where 
W.  S.  Clayton  completed  the  financial  arrange- 
ments. The  First  National  stood  firmly  back  of 
these  boys.  No  matter  what  kind  of  terms  had  to 
be  made  they  were  satisfactory  to  the  big  bank. 
The  "newsies"  got  their  bonds  and  Uncle  Sam 
found  he  had  an  able  ally  in  "Billy"  Emerson. 

Clayton  was  bond  booster  and  bond  backer. 
During  the  campaign  he  and  Fred  L.  Thomas  "put 
over"  a  street  carnival  of  their  own.  Thomas  did 
the  "speeling"  and  Clayton  sold  the  bonds. 
Wherever  they  appeared  they  gained  applause  and 
bond  subscribers. 

The  churches  devoted  October  21  to  rousing 
enthusiasm  for  the  campaign.  The  slogan  of  the 
day  was  "Keep  faith  with  the  Soldiers."  One 
appealing  minister  pictured  the  Christ  as  "stand- 
ing in  the  smoke  of  the  greatest  a'nd  most  terrific 
battle  in  the  life  of  the  world  and  asking  that  the 
red  lust  of  murder  be  wiped  out  forever!" 

Wednesday,  October  24,  news  came  of  a  vic- 
torious smash  by  the  French.  The  German  line 
north  of  the  Aisne  was  broken  and  the  foe  routed 
at  Chavignon.  In  Flanders  both  the  British  and 
French  were  holding  the  Ypres  gains.  It  began  to 
look  like  business  and  the  slight  encouragement 
gave  new  impetus  to  the  liberty  loan. 

On  October  22,  six  batteries  of  the  Grizzlies' 
Field  Artillery  passed  through  on  their  way  to 
"somewhere" — and  we  waved  a  last  goodbye. 

Then  came  Liberty  Day  with  its  jostling 
crowds  lining  the  streets  while  there  passed  such 
a  spectacular  parade  numbering  more  than  15,000 
persons,  as  had  never  before  thrilled  the  hearts  of 
San  Joseans.  The  Eighth  regiment  came  from 
Camp  Fremont  with  over  600  seasoned  troopers. 
There  were  seven  bands,  including  the  Eighth 
Regiment  band,  beside  numerous  drum  corps. 
Catholic  schools,  Notre  Dame,  grammar  and  high 
and  normal  schools,  Santa  Clara  university  and 
the  College  of  the  Pacific;  fraternal  and  civic 
organizations, — all  classes  and  creeds  were  in  the 
line  of  march.  To  be  exact  there  were  no  classes 
or  creeds — there  were  just  patriotic  Americans, 
from  the  grand  marshal  at  the  head  to  the  small 
boy  on  a  dilapidated  bicycle  bringing  up  the  rear. 
Police  Chief  Black  led  the  parade  with  Manager 
Reed  grand  marshal  and  Sheriff  Arthur  B.  Lang- 
ford  chief  aid.  Members  of  the  Liberty  Loan 
committee  acted  as  the  grand  marshal 's  staff.  In 
St.  James  Park,  following  the  parade,  refreshments 
were  served  to  the  Eighth  Regiment  after  which 
Arthur  M.  Free  electrified  the  immense  gathering 
with   his  eloquent  patriotism. 

Deputy  Distirct  Attorney  M.  E.  Griffith 
addressed  the  crowd  from  an  auto  near  the  park, 
again  from  the  steps  of  the  Garden  City  bank  and 
a  third  time  at  the  corner  of  St.  James  and  First 


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streets. 

The  men  who  gave  their  time  and  energy  to 
make  this  parade  an  unforgettable  event  were 
Joseph  M.  Parker,  committee  chairman,  Charles  R. 
Parkinson,  John  D.  Kuster,  A.  E.  Holmes,  Thomas 
H.  Bead,  Karl  Stull,  Howell  D.  Melvin,  Dr.  W.  C. 
Bailey,  Joseph  T.  Brooks,  Henry  M.  Ayer,  Arthur 
B.  Langford. 

The  practical  result  of  that  Liberty  Day 
demonstration  was  $1,581,750  subscribed   to  bonds. 

Two  days  more — and  a  final  tremedous  effort! 
San  Jose  had  it  to  do — San  Jose  would  not  fail! 
Dr.  W.  C.  Bailey  had  a  wonderful  idea.  No  one 
had  thouglit  of  the  Boy  Scouts.  Late  Thursday 
afternoon  Dr.  Bailey  communicated  with  F.  F. 
McLain,  Scout  Master,  asking  that  100  Boy  Scouts 
meet  the  committee  at  6:15  at  the  Montgomery 
hotel.  Every  boy  was  there!  That  was  some  sup- 
perl  Bailey,  Kuster,  Reed,  Clayton,  Bullitt,  Rich- 
man  and  McLain  all  addressed  the  boys  and  asked 
their  help  for  the  last  two  days  of  the  campaign. 
Scouts  know  how  to  yell.  They  greeted  each 
speaker  in  a  way  that  was  new  to  him — very  com- 
plimentary but  disconcerting.  They  cheered  E.  N. 
Richmond  as  the  "Prune  King."  They  gave 
cheers  for  the  "boy  grown  tall'  individually  and 
collectively  and  threw  in  a  number  of  wild  yells 
for  good  measure.  The  committee  "chipped  in" 
on  the  spot  and  bought  a  bond  for  the  Scouts. 
The  Scouts  ^were  enlisted — full  of  patriotism  and 
' '  pep. ' ' 

Portable  booths,  constructed  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Karl  Stull  sprung  up  like  mushrooms  over 
night.  Friday  morning  two  Red  Eross  nursese  and 
two  business  men  were  on  duty  in  each  booth.  The 
Boy  Scouts  were  everywhere.  When  a  man  or 
woman  appeared  without  a  Liberty  Loan  button 
a  small  police  khaki-clad  boy  asked  "  where 's  your 
button  1 ' '  They  added  something  potent  about 
the  appeal  of  those  clean  American  boys.  They 
added  thousands  of  dollars  to  the  list  of  subscrip- 
tions. Wild  enthusiasm  broke  up  all  the  com- 
mitteemen 's  dignity  when  Boy  Scout  Joe  Carter 
reported  at  headquarters  a  subscription  of  $30,000 
which  he  had  secured  from  Pyle  &  Sons  cannery. 
One  small  Boy  Scout  and  a  $30,000  subscription! 
It  was  a  big  day!  Saturday  night  the  records 
showed  over  $37,000  in  subscriptions  credited  to 
the  Boy  Scouts  and  returns  incomplete. 

The  second  Liberty  Loan  campaign  ended 
Saturday  night,  October  27,  with  a  subscription  cf 
$3,346,200.  When  the  books  closed  the  following 
Wednesday  the  total  amount  subscribed  was 
$3,365,100 — another  overscription!  Of  this  amount 
$63,000  was  secured  by  the  Woman's  committee. 
The  Liberty  Loan  committee,  by  Chairman  John 
Kuster  and  Dr.  W.  C.  Bailey,  secretary,  in  a  grace- 
ful letter  of  thanks  voiced  their  appreciaton  of  the 
enthusiastic  interest  in  the  campaign  taken  by  all 
those  who  were  called  upon  to  help. 

This  letter  of  appreciation  was  in  part  as 
follows: 

"The  cheers  of  1300  homesick  Santa  Clara 
county  boys  are  heard  across  the  Atlantic  and  from 


every  training  camp,  grateful  that  patriotism,  duty 
and  personal  sacrifice  are  appreciated  and  mani- 
fested in  a  substantial  way  by  those  left  at  home. 
*  .  *  *  For  all  this  and  more,  believing  that  these 
examples  of  loyalty  inspire  every  heart  with  a 
greater  love  for  country,  a  greater  devotion  to 
duty  and  a  solemn  pledge  of  personal  sacrifice  until 
the  end,  we  are  profoundly  grateful." 

Liberty  Loan  committee,  by 

John   D.   Kuster,   Chairman, 
W.   C.   Bailey,   Secretary. 

San  Jose 's  number  of  subscribers  in  this  second 
loan  was  4,722.  County  subscribers,  3250,  making 
a  total  of  7972,  an  increase  of  970  over  the  first 
loan.  San  Jose's  subscription  was  $2,305,650..  The 
county  total  $1,059,459,  making  a  total  of  $3,365,- 
100.  The  average  subscription  per  capita  for  the 
city  was  $488.  For  the  county,  $326,  with  an 
average  of  $422.  In  this  loan  seven  and  two-fifths 
of  the  population  subscribed  a  slight  increase  over 
the  percentage  of  those  subscribing  to  the  first 
loan. 

SECOND  Y.  M.  C.  A.  DEIVE 

National  War  Work  councils  were  ablebodiedl 
They  were  strong  on  recommendations,  receiving 
encouragement,  doubtless,  from  the  overwhelming 
response  to  every  call.  On  November  9,  1917,  the 
National  War  Work  council  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A., 
recommended  the  raising  of  a  fund  of  $35,000,000 
to  serve  not  only  the  men  of  the  United  States 
army  and  navy,  but  the  soldiers  of  the  allies  and 
all  prisoners  of  war,  throughout  the  war  zones. 
Everywhere  one  heard  hearty  endoresments  of  the 
practical  work  of  the  "  Y. "  T.  A.  Wright  wrote 
from  Camp  Lewis  to  his  friend,  Ray  McMahon, 
saying  in  part:  "Summing  up  the  whole  thing 
you  might  say  that  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  is  to  the  boys 
here  as  sugar  is  to  your  coffee!" 

On  Saturday,  November  9,  1917,  50  represent- 
ative business  men  sat  down  to  luncheon  in  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  auditorium  to  talk  over  the  big  call 
and  formulate  plans  for  the  local  campaign. 
Senator  Herbert  C.  Jones  outlined  the  plan  and 
suggested  that  gifts  be  measured  ' '  only  by  the 
ability  to  give, ' '  since  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  was  doing 
a  wonderful  work  for  "these  boys  of  ours." 
Judge  W.  A.  Beasly  spoke  of  the  thousands  of  let- 
ters written  on  red  triangle  stationery  that  were 
coming  to  the  home  folks — evidence  of  the  far- 
reaching  influence  of  the  association.  "If  we  wanl 
to  keep  the  home  ties  from  breaking,"  said  the 
judge,  ' '  we  want  to  keep  the  home  fires  burning 
in  the  hearts  of  the  boys  and  that  is  what  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  is  doing  for  them. ' '  Other  speakers 
told  of  the  fund  being  endorsed  by  General  Persh- 
ing and  President  Wilson,  who  were  asking  each 
one  to  "help  the  'Y'  help  your  boy." 

The  campaign  was  scheduled  for  the  week  of 
November  11  to  19  with  a  local  quota  of  $25,000. 
That  sounded  tremendous,  especially  with  so  many 
other  calls  being  made.  Christmas  cheer  for  the 
boys  was  taking  lots  of  ready  cash.  The  Elks  were 
preparing  their  empty  stocking  fund  entertain- 
ment because  "with  so  many  daddies  in  the  trenches 


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there  were  going  to  be  lots  of  pitifully  empty 
stockings.  The  Y.  W.  C.  A.  and  the  K.  of  C.  drives 
\vere  programmed.  San  Joseans  had  become  so  used 
to  that  little  word  "campaign"  that  they  could 
spell  it  backward.  We  were  in  the  war  ' '  to  the 
last  man  and  the  last  dollar"  and  this  appeal, 
voiced  by  an  old  mother  when  she  said  to  a  Y.  M. 
G.  A.  secretary,  "take  care  of  my  boy — he's  all 
I  've  got, ' '  found  something  warmly  human  stir- 
ring the  heartstrings.  ' '  God  bless  'em, ' '  said  a 
bereft  father  in  speaking  of  the  "Y"  workers, 
"they're  the  fathers  of  thousands  of  boysl" 

Sunday,  November  11,  1917,  was  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
day  in  the  churches  of  the  county  and  early  Mon- 
day morning  20  teams  of  purposeful  business  men 
opened  the  big  drive.  One  generous  hearted  man 
of  affairs  thought  he  started  the  ball  rolling  with 
a  subscription  of  $50.0  but  a  little  stenographer 
was  ahead  of  him  with  her  proportionate  gift  of 
$5.  For  the  first  hour  the  registering  thermometer 
just  kept  jumping — jumping  steadily  toward  the 
$25,000.  There  Were  two  subscriptions  of  $1000 
each;  12  of  $500  each  and  25  of  $100  each;  but  it 
was  the  ' '  mites ' '  that  brought  up  the  total. 

At  the  daily  luncheons  reports  encouraged  the 
workers.  On  Thursday  during  a  particularly  thril- 
ling speech  a  little  boy,  a  cripple,  slipped  in  and 
listened  to  the  eloquent  appeal.  After  the  meet- 
ing closed  he  went  quietly  to  George  Wilson,  sec- 
retary, and  asked  timidly  if  "a  little  bit  would 
help?"  He  gave  his  bit — 50  cents  in  niekles  and 
pennies — and  limped  away  with  a  happy  smile  on 
his  thin  little  face.  That  stenographer 's  first  $5 
and   the  little   cripple's   50   cents  were   pure   gold! 

The  high  school  boys'  committee  were  enthus- 
iastic workers.  They  subscribed  $970  in  $10  gifts 
that  were  to  be  "  earned  and  given. ' '  Nine  San 
Jose  girls  made  ' '  earn  and  give ' '  pledges  of  $10 
each.  These  girls  were  Malva  Beatty,  Grace  Lim- 
erick, Julia  Holdredge,  Hazel  Dickinson,  Georginc 
Fink,  Beth  Crummey,  Lilah  Seeley  and  Lola  Bur- 
dick.  The  children  in  the  kindergarten  wanted  to 
help  and  a  special  fund  took  care  of  their  pennies 
and  dimes. 

Small  wonder  that  the  schools  were  interested 
with  45  high  school  boys  in  service  and  more  than 
3000  gone  from  the  county.  Leland  Prussia  and 
Laurene  Jackson  left  November  16  to  join  the 
naval  reserve,  having  qualified  as  wireless  teleg- 
raphers. With  a  blue  star  shining  in  the  window 
of  a  lonely  home  for  each  departed  lad,  fathers  and 
mothers  remembered  to  be  thankful  that  there 
were  "Y"  huts  everywhere.  The  red  triangle 
marked  a  hut  at  the  foot  of  Mount  Sinia,  where 
the  Apostle  Paul  preached  the  gospel  to  Alexandria 
and  there  was  the  same  kind  of  hut  ani?  the  same 
insignia  at  Camp  Fremont.  Remembrance  of  what 
it  all  stood  for — clean  manhood — rolled  up  the  sub- 
scriptions and  sent  the  thermometer  nearer  the 
top. 

Two  things  happened  simultaneously.  The 
Hoover  dress  made  its  initial  appearance  and  the 
Western  Pacific  railroad  struck  a  "bumper"  at 
Willow  Glen!     We  accepted  the   dress — but  abso- 


lutely refused  the  railroad! 

Half  the  county  quota  was  raised  by  Saturday 
night,  November  17 — and  only  two  more  days  to 
finish  the  campaign!  Could  we  do  it?  Those  two 
days  were  a  time  of  strenuous  house-to-house  can- 
vassing. "Y"  campaigners  had  addressed  every 
San  Jose  church  congregation  on  Sunday,  and  the 
people  were  well  prepared  to  meet  the  last  appeal. 
On  the  evening  of  November  20  Senator  Herbert 
C.  Jones  announced  to  150  wildly  enthusiastic 
campaigners  gathered  at  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  building, 
that  San  Jose  was  "over  the  top,"  having  raised 
not  only  the  quota  of  $25,000  but  $5000  more!  It 
was  a  memorable  occasion  and  the  joy  in  each  tired 
committeeman's  heart  found  voice  in  the  eloquence 
of  Arthur  M.  Free,  E.  H.  Gosson,  Senator  Frank 
H.  Benson  and  others.  Much  had  been  asked — 
and  much  generously  given  that  the  home  ties 
might  not  be  broken  or  the  light  of  the  home  fires 
die  in  the  hearts  of  our  boys. 

During  the  great  world  war,  for  the  first  time 
in  the  history  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  organization, 
their  forces  were  augumented  and  their  work  given 
the  real  touch  of  home  atmosphere  by  women. 
The  "Y"  selected  patriotically  unselfish  women 
for  overseas  service  where  the  light  of  a  woman 's 
smile  and  the  inspiration  of  a  real  American 
woman 's  presence  did  more  to  keep  the  home  fires 
burning  in  the  soldier-hearts  than  anything  else 
could  do.  For  this  service  the  local  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
selected  Miss  Ona  M.  Rounds,  who  was  the  only 
woman  "  Y "  worker  to  go  overseas  from  this 
county.  Miss  Rounds  entered  the  service  in  Octo- 
ber, 1918. 

More  than  350  committeemen  helped  to  carry 
the  secopd  "Y"  drive  to  successful  completion. 
These  men  constituted  more  than  20  teams,  of 
which  the  following  is  a  partial  list:  Team  1 — Dr. 
E.  H.  Wagner,  captain;  D.  J.  Denhart,  G.  W. 
Curry,  Dr.  Newhall,  Dale  Holland.  Team  2— H.  A. 
Blanchard,  captain;  J.  W.  Nixon,  Rev.  C.  Irons, 
E.  W.  Jack,  C.  H.  Waterman.  Team  3— Judge  F. 
B.  Brown,  captain;  A.  C.  Darby,  Louis  Oneal,  C.  L. 
Snyder,  A.  D.  Campbell.  Team  4 — Geo.  D.  Oilman, 
captain;  L.  D.  Bohnett,  J.  R.  Crossby,  L.  P.  Ed- 
ward, Warren  Reilly.  Team  5 — A.  S.  Bacon, 
captain;  D.  C.  Crummey,  Rev.  E.  A.  King,  M.  A. 
Boulware,  W.  E.  Hazeltine.  Team  6 — A.  M.  Free, 
captain;  Louis  Campiglia,  Floyd  Stull,  Mr.  Chap- 
man, Frazier  Reed.  Team  7 — Faber  Johnston, 
captain;  Dr.  C.  M.  Richards,  E.  A.  Wiilcox,  Dr.  S. 
B.  VanDalsem,  R.  J.  Glendenning,  Harry  Smith. 
Team  8 — L.  M.  Fehren,  captain;  Judge  W.  A. 
Beasly,  A.  L.  Hubbard,  Arthur  Holmes,  J.  W. 
Grimes.  Team  9 — J.  E.  Hancock,  captain;  A.  G. 
Wilkins,  Alex  Murgotten,  J.  V.  Haley.  Team  10 — 
Alexander  Sherriffs,  captain;  Judge  P.  F.  Gosbey, 
Dan  Flannery,  W.  L.  Prussia,  J.  S.  Williams. 
Team  11 — Victor  Challen,  captain;  W.  L.  Atkin- 
son, W.  J.  Lean,  H.  P.  Kessler,  DeWitt  Rucker. 
Team  12 — H.  L.  Austin,  captain;  J.  E.  Hoblit, 
Frank  Howarth,  G.  W.  Borchers,  Mrs.  Dastel. 
Team  13 — A.  B.  Langford,  captain;  Dr.  L.  T. 
Smith,  Irving  J.  Lee,  Jos.  Napoli.     Team  14 — J.  T. 


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Brooks,   captain;   Joe     M.  Parker,  Howell   Melviii. 
Team   15 — Chester  Herold,  captain;   Henry  Garcia, 
Bay  Rugg,  Frank  Towner,  Dr.  H.  S.  Chandler. 
WOMEN'S  MOBILIZED   ARMY 

In  every  time  of  stress  and  trouble  since  the 
world  began,  women  have  been  looked  to  for  sym- 
pathy, for  the  comfort  of  broken  hearts  and  the 
binding  up  of  grievous  wounds.  There  her  service 
ended.  The  great  "world  war  changed  the  character 
of  her  ministry.  She  was  asked  for  more  than 
sympathy.  She  answered  the  call  for  practical, 
efficient  service, — answered  it  fully  and  unmistak- 
ably. Neglecting  none  of  the  old  duties  she  as- 
sumed heavier  burdens  and  carried  them  with 
squared  shoulders  and  well  poised  head.  Losing 
no  tenderness  she  developed  business  efficiency,  and 
rare  capability  for  organization.  It  can  be  said 
to  the  credit  of  the  women  of  Santa  Clara  county 
and  of  San  Jose  particularly,  that  their  compre- 
hensive organization  for  war  work  preceded  that 
of  the  men. 

The  W6men's  Mobilized  Army  proved  its  abi'- 
ity  as  a  power  for  accomplishment  through  cam- 
paign after  campaign  for  war  funds  and  strenuous 
bond  drives.  Many  do  not  know  that  the  organi- 
zation was  really  the  outgrdwth  of  the  December, 
1917,  Y.  W.  C.  A.  campaign  for  $16,000.  When 
that  call  came  there  seemed  no  way  to  meet  it 
The  demand  looked  like  a  deluge  about  to  break 
over  boasted  feminine  patriotism  and  completely 
engulf  it!  Women  of  ability  and  proven  qualities 
necessary  to  "put  things  over"  met  and  talked 
it  over.  Mrs.  Thomas  H.  Reed  brought  the  story 
of  the  Berkeley  women's  mobilized  army,  and  on 
that  plan  the  local  organization  was  finally  per- 
fected. Mrs.  L.  T.  Smith  outlined  an  arrangement 
of  school  districts  and  outside  towns  and  listed  the 
names  of  San  Jose  women  who  never  failed  in  any 
emergency.  The  plan  was  a  tremendous  one.  It 
couldn't  be  made  effective  for  the  Y.  W.  C.  A. 
drive,  but  plans  for  this  county  work  formed  t' 
basis  of  the  organization.  Then  came  the  day 
when  a  morning  paper  announced  that  ' '  the  women 
of  the  county  were  to  mobilize"  and — they  did! 
This  call  came  from  the  Santa  Clara  County  Coun- 
cil of  Defense,  of  which  Brs.  S.  W.  Gilchrist  waa 
chairman.  November  19,  1917,  became  a  memor- 
able day.  Hundreds  of  loyal  -women  heard  the  call 
and  Schofield  hall  at  the  Y.  W.  G.  A.  was  crowded 
to  the  doors  with  those  eager  for  service.  Among 
them  were  a  few  who  visioned  what  it  all  meant — 
and  these  women  Mrs.  Gilchrist  called  upon  to 
lead  in  whatever  tasks  awaited. 

Mrs.  L.  T.  Smith  became  colonel  of  the  Wo- 
men's Mobilized  Army  for  Santa  Clara  county, 
and  Mrs.  D.  A.  Beattie  shouldered  a  lieutenant 
colonel's  responsibility  for  the  city  of  San  Jose. 
Eleven  other  workers  were  appointed  to  lead  the 
activities  in  the  various  districts  of  the  county. 
Those  appointed  were  Mrs.  W.  B.  Allen,  Palo  Alto; 
Mrs.  S.  L.  Berry,  Mountain  View;  Mrs.  James 
Glendenning,  Santa  Clara;  Mrs.  A.  A.  Halsey, 
Cupertino;  Mrs.  George  Parse,  Campbell;  Mrs.  W. 
G.  Tomlinson,     Saratoga;   Mrs.     Z.   L.   Riggs,   Los 

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Gatos;  Mrs.  O.  H.  Barnhart,  Morgan  Hill;  Mrs. 
W.  B.  Holsclaw,  Gilroy;  Mrs.  J.  P.  Shambo,  Ever- 
green, and  Miss  Nellie  Evans,  Milpitas. 

This  permanent  organization  effected  for  the 
period  of  the  war,  included  beside  the  colonel  and 
twelve  lieutenant-colonels,  a  major  for  each  school 
district.  Each  major  appointed  captains  and  un- 
der each  captain  were  several  lieutenants.  The 
cities,  divided  according  to  precincts,  were  given 
a  captain  for  each  precinct  and  a  lieutenant  for 
each  block.  To  the  lieutenants  fell  the  task  of 
house-to-house  canvassing.  In  San  Jose  the  majors 
named  by  Mrs.  D.  A.  Beattie  were  Mrs.  P.  F.  Gos- 
bey,  Mrs.  N.  H.  Booker,  Mrs.  J.  J.  Byl,  Mrs.  J.  E. 
Hancock,  Mrs.  F.  A.  VonDorsten,  Mrs.  C.  C.  Little, 
Miss  Wehner,  Mrs.  Nicholas  Bowden,  Mrs.  Willis 
Clayton,  Mrs.  A.  B.  Brown,  Mrs.  George  B.  Seeley, 
Mrs.  Charles  Parkinson  and  Mrs.  S.  D.  Farrington. 

This  magnificent  organization,  perfected  in  a 
short  time,  numbered  1400  women  banded  together 
to  answer  with  unselfish  service  every  appeal  made 
to  them.  They  were  valiant  soldiers  in  the  cause 
of  humanity  in  a  world  upheaval  that  broke  hearts 
and  devastated  homes. 

From  that  day  in  November,  1917,  through  a" 
the  long  months  of  war,  this  Women's  Mobilized 
Army  fought  shoulder  to  shoulder  with  the  Men's 
War  Work  Council  and  their  efforts  were  untiring 
in  answering  every  call  for  service.  Many  of  tlio 
members  of  the  War  Work  Council  unhesitatingly 
give  to  the  Women's  Army  the  laurels  of  victory 
in  strenuous  campaigns.  They  faltered  before  no 
personal  sacrifice,  they  shirked  no  duty.  Their 
slogan  was  "Service  First"  and  their  badges 'of 
red,  white  and  blue  covered  intensely  loyal  hearts. 

Nine  tremendous  war  activities  called  for  their 
best  endeavor.  The  December,  1917,  Red  Cross 
membership  drive  was  the  Mobilized  Army's  init- 
ial service.  Mrs.  A.  A.  Fowler  was  chairman  of 
this  activity. 

The  second  campaign  came  in  1918,  when  they 
helped  to  carry  out  the  successful  Thrift  and  War 
Savings  Stamp  drive  under  the  chairmanship  of 
Mrs.  F.  M.  Eley. 

The  third  Liberty  Loan,  April,  1918,  proved 
the  quality  of  women's  service  under  the  guidance 
of  Mrs.  C.  A.  Wayland,  chairman.  The  Red  Cross 
campaign  in  May,  1918,  War  Savings  Stamp  drive 
in  June,  1918,  and  the  registration  of  all  children 
under  six  years  of  age,  also  in  June,  were  directed 
by  members  of  the  Women 's  Army.  In  October, 
1918,  came  the  Fourth  Liberty  Loan,  and  no  one 
will  ever  forget  the  Volunteer  Day  preceding  it  on 
September  7.  On  this  day  members  of  the  Women  's 
Mobilized  Array  served  in  the  regular  polling  places 
throughout  the  county,  more  than  850  volunteering 
for  this  work  in  San  Jose.  The  result  of  efficient 
organization  became  apparent  when  a  "check  up" 
of  the  day  's  returns  showed  that  about  65  per  cent 
of  Santa  Clara  county's  quota  had  been  volun- 
teered in  one  day.  The  United  War  Work  cam- 
paign in  November,  1918,  and  the  Liberty  Loan 
drive  closed  the  book   of  the   Women's   Mobilized 


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Army  history — a  history  of  accomplishment  briefly 
sketched.  No  tabulation  of  campaign  returns  or 
bare  record  of  work  done  can  ever  tell  the  story 
in  its  entirety.  The  members  of  this  army  made 
every  sacrifice,  some  of  them  even  the  sacrifice  of 
health  itself  in  the  patriotic  endeavor  to  leave 
nothing  undone  that  would  speed  the  coming  of 
the  day  when  peace  should  dawn  on  a  war-torn 
world  and  their  own  return  to  them  again. 

Through  the  heat  of  summer  and  the  rains  of 
winter  these  loyal  women  tramped  from  house  to 
house  as  the  path  of  duty  led.  Frequently  many 
visits  Were  made  to  the  same  house.  They  were 
not  doing  this  thing  for  themselves.  They  were 
accredited  agents  of  the  government  and  dared 
not  fail.  At  first  they  met  frequent  opposition,  but 
in  the  end  their  quiet  patient  persistence  won. 
They  endured  hardships  and  accepted  rebuffs,  they 
worked  and  planned  and  sacrificed  and  did  it  over 
and  over  in  the  light  of  the  courage  that  women 
know. 

These  women  selling  bonds  and  thrift  stamps, 
asking  subscriptions  to  every  war  activity,  taking 
a  census,  distributing  window  cards  and  flags  and 
food  pledges,  holding  quiet  conferences  or  arous- 
ing flagging  enthusiasm  by  great  mass  meetings, — 
these  women  gave  to  their  country  a  service  that 
can  never  be  measured  or  adequately  told.  The 
army  of  uncomplaining  women  who  tramped  from 
house  to  house,  always  with  a  smile,  deserve  all  the 
medals  and  decorations  for  valor  within  the  gift 
of  a  beneficient  government  to  bestow!  They 
fought  with  the  boys  for  every  trench  and  field 
and  hamlet — fought  with  clear  heads  and  hearts 
tender  with  the  tears  that  fell  into  them  from  eyes 
that  bravely  refused  to  let  tears  fall.  They  were 
the  tireless  soldiers  who  fought  the  war  ,3000  miles 
from  the  front — and  won  it! 

Among  the  thousands  of  appealing  incidents 
during  the  work  of  the  Women 's  Army  are  two 
particularly  worthy  of  special  mention.  In  San 
Jose  precinct  number  10,  Mrs.  E.  H.  Baker  made 
no  changes  in  the  personnel  of  her  workers  duriu" 
the  entire  war  period.  The  faithful  coterie  of 
women  who  worked  in  every  campign  were:  Mrs. 
E.  H.  Baker,  Mrs.  L.  L.  Lamar,  Mrs.  C.  E.  Parsons. 
Miss  M.  Blomdohl,  Mrs.  C.  O.  Neale  and  Mrs.  E. 
Perkins. 

The  other  instance  of  valiant  service  is  that 
of  Mrs.  J.  M.  Church  Walker,  in  charge  of  a 
mountain  district  above  Los  Gatos.  This  little 
woman  having  no  other  way  to  accomplish  her 
work,  walked  every  step  of  the  necessary  16  miles 
to  organize  her  district!  The  women  whose  dis- 
trict included  large  foreign  speaking  population, 
found  evening  and  Sunday  work  obligatory — but 
none  of  them  faltered. 

Soldiers — every  one  of  theml  And  soldier-led 
by  Mrs.  L.  T.  Smith  and  Mrs.  D.  A.  Beattie — ^led 
not  only  from  victory  in  war  work  activities  but 
led  into  new  ways  of  better  human  understanding 
and  a  sisterhood  that  crowns  the  days  of  peace 
with  a  new  beauty.  The  power  of  Women's  Mo- 
bilized Army  reaches  into  the  distance,  envisioninj; 


against  the  tarnished  background  of  war,  a  future 
bright  with   mutual   helpfulness. 

Y.  W.  C.  A.  DEIVE 
During  the  latter  part  of  the  memorial  year, 
1917,  San  Jose  emulated  Jehu  of  ancient  Biblical 
fame  and  "drove  furiously!"  Life  was  one  grand 
succession  of  ' '  drives. ' '  The  days  were  aflutter 
with  checks  and  jingling  of  coin  of  the  realm,  gen- 
erously donated  to  keep  the  home  fires  burning  and 
light  the  best  substitutes  for  them  across  the  sea. 
The  first  week  in  December  the  National  War 
Work  Council  of  the  Young  Women 's  Christian 
Association  issued  a  call  for  $4,000,000  for  the 
purpose  of  establishing  social  and  rest  centers  for 
heroic  nurses  at  the  front,  one  such  center  to  bo 
located  near  each  base  hospital.  The  fund  also 
provided  for  bettering  the  conditions  surrounding 
cantonments  and  the  munition  factories  employing 
women.  Santa  Clara  county's  quota  was  $16,000. 
This  call  found  a  sympathetic  response  in  the 
hearts  of  San  Jose's  women.  They  visioned  the 
actualities  and  knew  the  need — a  real  woman-need 
— of  a  place  to  rest,  a  place  to  be  by  one's  self 
sometimes;  but  could  they  raise  $16,000  after  all 
the  calls  that  had  been  made?  The  movement  was 
sponsored  by  competent  women:  Mrs.  Charles  D. 
Blaney,  Mrs.  Peter  J.  Dunne,  Mrs.  Ray  Lyman 
Wilbur,  Mrs.  George  Hamilton,  Mrs.  J.  O.  Hayes, 
Mrs.  Thomas  H.  Reed,  Mrs.  S.  W.  Gilchrist,  Mrs. 
S.  W.  Waterhouse,  Mrs.  Nicholas  Bowden,  Mrs. 
Fremont  Older  and  Miss  Ethel  Clayton.  It  was  a 
big  proposition — and  there  was  no  county  organi- 
zation. Patriotic  women  were  appealed  to,  among 
them  Mrs.  L.  T.  Smith  and  Mrs.  D.  A.  Beattie,  who 
received  appointements  from  Mrs.  S.  W.  Gilchrist 
of  the  Council  of  National  Defense  to  handle  the 
campaign.  Mrs.  Smith  supervised  the  entire  county 
work  and  Mrs.  Beattie  led  the  city  teams. 

At  a  Y.  W.  C.  A.  luncheon,  December  4,  1917, 
Mrs.  Charles  B.  Hare,  president  of  the  board  of 
directors,  introduced  Mrs.  R.  S.  M.  Emerich,  a  mis- 
sionary, recently  returned  from  the  fighting  front 
in  Turkey.  Mrs.  Emerich  graphically  portrayed 
conditions  surrounding  the  women  who  were  risk- 
ing their  lives  at  the  front,  making  an  appeal  that 
stirred  every  heart  and  registered  determination  in 
every  face.  The  next  day  Mrs.  Beattie  followed 
this  appeal  by  saying  to  the  workers,  ' '  there  are 
20,000  nurses  ready  for  service  at  the  front.  Are 
we  going  to  let  them  give  out  for  lack  of  a  place 
to  rest?  Are  we  going  to  let  them  be  sent  back 
unable  to  stand  the  terrible  strain  simply  because 
we  don 't  like  to  raise  the  money  to  take  care  of 
them?"  That  question  was  answered  within 
ten  days. 

At  this  December  5th  meeting,  Mrs.  L.  T. 
Smith  made  her  appointments  for  the  county,  and 
Mrs.  D.  A.  Beattie  named  the  following  team  cap- 
tains for  the  work  in  San  Jose:  Mrs.  Robert 
Syer,  Miss  Maud  Blackford,  Mrs.  Peter  Dunne, 
Miss  Bertha  Fair,  Mrs.  C.  C.  Little,  Mrs.  Stephen 
Maynard.  Each  captain  selected  10  to  12  women 
for  patriotic  service. 

Two  days  before  the  campaign  opened  the  first 


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donation  was  made.  A  young  woman  walked  into 
the'  Y.  W.  C.  A.  office  and  gave  the  secretary  $10 
with  the  remark  that  she  didn't  have  to  be  solic- 
ited—she "wanted  to  help."  The  day  after  that 
one  of  the  "Y"  members  was  out  in  her  back  yan! 
■when  a  little  old  neighbor  lady  leaned  over  the 
fence  and  handed  her  a  worn  $1  bill.  "This  is  my 
own  money"  she  said  with  a  flush  in  her  dear  old 
face.  ' '  It  was  given  to  me  for  Christmas — but  I 
want  it  to  go  to  help  the  brave  women  who  are 
caring  for  our  boys  at  the  front!" 

The  real  work  of  the  drive  started  the  morn- 
ing of  December  5  and  from  the  first  minute  there 
was  the  keenest  rivalry  between  the  ' '  teams. ' ' 
Towns  in  the  county  vied  with  each  other  in  the 
race  to  be  first  over  the  top.  The  big  thermometer 
on  the  Bank  of  San  Jose  building  marked  a  rapi.i 
increase  in  "temperature"  from  day  to  da;-. 
Workers  met  each  other  at  the  "Y"  for  luncheon 
and  the  reports  inspired  to  renewed  endeavor. 
Almost  every  day  the  business  girls'  team,  under 
the  leadership  of  Miss  Bertha  Fair,  was  near  the 
top  and  these  girls  only  had  their  noon  hour  and 
the  evenings  in  which  to  gather  subscriptions. 

Mrs.  L.  T.  Smith  "stumped"  the  county,  ex- 
plaining the  reasons  for  the  call  and  rousing  every 
outside  town  to  a  fervor  of  patriotic  endeavor. 
Gifts  ranged  all  the  way  from  a  penny  to  $500,  but 
most  of  the  contributions  were  small.  It  was  not 
a  "Y.  W.  C.  A.  campaign."  It  was  the  work  of 
the  United  States  and  the  particular  business  of 
every  woman  \vithin  reach  of  their  sisters'  call. 
Besponses  were  freely  made — with  rare  exceptions. 
One  worker  gasped  for  breath  when  an  irate 
individual  told  her  that  if  she  would  stay  at  home 
and  save  her  energy  and  her  gasoline  and  stop 
annoying  people  that  she  would  save  so  much  she 
wouldn  't  need  to  ' '  ask  folks  for  money ! ' ' 

Another  son  of  Uncle  Sam  just  wholeheartedly 
"cussed"   everything   connected   with   the   govern- 
ment— but  made  a  generous  donation  in  apprecia 
tion  of  the  solicitor 's  ' '  oratory. ' ' 

San  Jose  responded  as  San  Jose  always  does — 
with  an  oversubscription.  Not  only  San  Jose  but 
the  county.  On  the  night  of  December  5,  Scofiehl 
hall  at  the  Y.  W.  C.  A.  rang  with  cheers  and  echoed 
with  songs  that  greeted  the  final  returns.  County 
reports  'were  as  enthusiastically  received  as  the 
city  ones.  Altogether  we  had  reached  the  quota 
with  $4,000  to  spare!  If  you  think  women  can't 
cheer  you  should  have  heard  the  noise  as  that  rec- 
ord of  $20,000  was  announced.  Then,  when  it  was 
all  over,  Mrs.  L.  T.  Smith  confessed  that  when  the 
call  first  came  she  feared  the  quota  would  not  be 
met.  Some  said  far-seeing  business  men  had  been 
of  the  same  opinion.  Patriotism,  not  the  tinsel 
variety,  but  patriotism  backed  up  with  good  hard 
shoulder  to  shoulder  team  work  had  "put  it 
across. ' ' 

In  the  final  checking  up  Mrs.  Stephen  May- 
nard  's  team  won  first  place  with  subscriptions 
totaling  $2386.75.  Bertha  Fair's  business  girls' 
team  came  second  with  $1,693.  Mrs.  Charles  Lit- 
tle 's  team   scored  third  place  with   $1,278.35,  and 


Mrs.  Peter  Dunne's  Kvorkers  turned  in  the  sum  of 
$1,118.00. 

Mrs.  Charles  B.  Hare  and  Mrs.  D.  A.  Beattie 
expressed  deep  appreciation  of  the  efficient  assist- 
ance given  during  the  campaign  by  Miss  Ada  B. 
Hillman,  general  secretary  of  the  Y.  W.  C.  A., 
Mrs.  Shearer,  the  "house  mother"  and  Caroline 
Underwood.  The  local  association,  backed  by 
every  patriotic  citizen  of  Santa  Clara  county,  had 
helped  to  put  the  ' '  Blue  Triangle ' '  beside  the  Red 
Triangle  and  the  Red  Cross  on  every  field  of  bat- 
tle and  in  every  army  camp.  It  helped  to  secure 
to  our  women  overseas  and  all  women  giving  their 
service  in  making  munitions  to  feed  the  guns,  a  bit 
of  home  and  a  place  in  which  to  rest. 

During  the  summer  of  1918  the  local  Y.  W.  C. 
A.  made  a  gift  beyond  price  to  the  cause  of  suf- 
fering humanity  when  Miss  Mary  Helen  Post 
offered  herself  through  the  association  for  overseas 
service.  She  is  conducting  a  hostess  house  at  Bor- 
deaux, France,  and  has  been  the  comfort,  help  and 
inspiration  of  all  who  have  met  her  in  the  homo 
atmosphere  she  has  created  in  a  far  land,  under  the 
insignia  of  the  Blue  Triangle. 

K.  OF  C.  DRIVE 

The  Knights  of  Columbus  and  the  Y.  M.  C.  A., 
received  appointments  at  the  same  time  from 
President  Wilson  to  raise  funds  for  supplying  the 
special  needs  of  the  soldiers.  The  big  task  before 
these  organizations  was  to  assist  in  keeping  up  the 
morale  of  the  men  by  supplying  places  for  rest  and 
recreation.  The  Knights  of  Columbus  undertook 
to  raise  $5,000,000  for  the  entire  country,  San 
Jose 's  share  of  the  war  camp  fund  being  $10,(J00. 
The  call  came  early  in  December,  1917,  but  very 
graciously  the  local  K.  of  C,  postponed  their  cam- 
paign, once  for  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  and  again  for  the 
Y.  W.  C.  A.  drive. 

The  beneficient  purpose  of  this  war  fund  was 
not  only  to  help  the  United  States  men  in  camp 
and  field,  but  to  give  assistance  to  the  soldiers  of 
the  allies,  with  whom  our  boys  would  soon  be  fight- 
ing shoulder  to  shoulder.  It  was  to  be  a  fund  for 
all,  a  work  for  all,  regardless  of  creed  or  fraternal 
affiliation.  This  Catholic  hospitality  and  helpful- 
ness was  to  be  just  that — Catholic  in  every  sense. 
Although  the  original  plan  included  the  navy  as 
well  as  the  army,  permission  for  the  erection  of 
recreation  centers  on  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  sea- 
boards was  not  received  until  the  fall  of  1917. 

Early  in  December,  1917,  plans  for  the  coming 
campaign  were  discussed  at  a  luncheon  held  at  the 
Vendome  hotel,  at  which  time  Rev.  Edward  J. 
Hanna,  the  guest  of  honor,  expressed  his  pleasure 
in  the  co-operation   of   different   organizations. 

' '  For  the  first  time  in  its  history, ' '  said  Bishop 
Hanna,  "the  country  has  placed  the  moral  and 
physical  welfare  of  its  soldiers  in  the  hands  of  the 
religious  men  of  the  nation.  The  best  way  to  make 
good  soldiers  is  to  educate  men  to  high  ideals. 

"Patriotism  is  best  served,"  he  said,  "by 
those  who  realize  that  there  is  a  God  of  nations 
and  that  the  eternal  things  are  the  things  of  value 
in  the  world." 


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Bev.  Father  Gleason  told  of  the  needs  of  the 
boys  and  predicted  that  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  and  the 
K.  of  C,  would  find  plenty  of  work  to  do  before 
the  final  dawn  of  peace.  He  described  the  recent 
opening  of  the  K.  of  C.  hall  at  Camp  Fremont  with 
more  than  1700  soldiers  present  to  voice  their  ap- 
preciation of  the  offered  recreational  and  educa- 
tional features.  Father  O'Connell  of  St.  Patrick's 
told  of  a  visit  to  Camp  Fremont  and  expressed  in 
no  uncertain  terms  his  enthusiasm  for  the  type  of 
men  in  the  United  States  army. 

The  drive,  scheduled  originally  for  December 
19,  opened  at  that  time  in  the  residential  districts 
only,  the  business  district  not  to  be  canvassed 
until  after  Chirstmas.  Charles  M.  O'Brien  led  the 
K.  of  C.  forces  as  chairman  of  an  able  and  inter- 
ested committee  consisting  of  J.  F.  Brooke,  D.  M. 
Burnett,  Jay  McCabe,  F.  G.  Canelo,  F.  J.  Somers, 
Robert  Benson,  W.  F.  Benson,  J.  S.  Williams,  John 
J.  Jones,  Dr.  B.  L.  Wise,  Frank  Martin,  F.  J. 
Reidy,  R.  Bressani,  N.  A.  Pellerano,  M.  E.  Griffith 
and  D.  J.  Flannery.  Peter  Dunne  was  assigned  to 
the  Alameda;  Joseph  A.  Bihn  and  James  Hancock 
led  the  campaigners  in  the  Willows;  J.  8.  Cunan, 
E.  S.,  San  Jose,  Joseph  Solari  and  C.  O.  Wendt 
were  committeemen  to  cover  ' '  the  city. ' ' 

Christmas  time,  several  other  drives  in  progress 
—and  $10,000  to  raise!  That  meant  $1000  every 
day  for  ten  days!  There  wasn't  a  question  of 
failure.  The  Knights  of  Columbus  had  it  to  do 
and  they  did  it  splendidly,  patriotically.  Every 
bank  in  the  county  contributed.  Protestants 
seemed  to  vie  with  Catholics  in  giving.  We  were 
learning  the  larger  brotherhood  and  really  forming 
the  more  intimate  acquaintance  with  this  organi- 
zation which  not  many  outside  its  membership  had 
understood.  The  tremendous  vaudeville  show  for 
the  Camp  Fremont  boys  had  just  been  given  by 
the  Knights  of  C61umbus  and  stimulated  interest 
in  the  drive.  Then  the  war  fund  received  a 
Christmas  gift  from  Manager  James  Beatty  of  the 
Liberty  theater.  This  gift  was  2000  theater  tickets 
to  be  sold  for  the  benefit  of  the  campaign. 

The  day  after  Christmas  the  drive  began  in 
earnest.  The  workers  grouped  themselves  into 
teams  of  three  men  each  and  each  carried  out  their 
campaign  program  in  record  time  before  the  Christ- 
mas spirit  had  evaporated.  In  order  to  gain  great- 
est efficiency,  lines  of  business  were  segregated, 
each  division  being  canvassed  by  a  certain  team. 
Judge  W.  A.  Beasly,  C.  C.  Coolidge  and  John  J. 
Jones  called  upon  all  the  attorneys.  Doctors  and 
dentists  received  visits  from  Drs.  Philip  Wise, 
Arthur  T.  McGinty  and  Dr.  Murray.  John  F. 
Brooke,  J.  B.  Ryland  and  David  Burnett  visited 
all  fruit  canners. 

Frank  J.  Somers,  Will  Prussia  and  F.  J.  Mc- 
Henry  claimed  the  territory  on  the  east  side  of 
First  street  from  Santa  Clara.  The  west  side  of 
the  street  was  canvassed  by  F.  G.  Canelo,  Jay  Mc- 
Cabe and  Henry  Hoff.  Santa  Clara  street  was 
assigned  to  Charles  L.  Barrington,  P.  J.  Foley  and 
H.  J.  Dougherty,  Second  street  between  San  An- 
tonio and  San  Fernando  was  claimed  by  Joe  Solari, 


Frank  Reidy  and  W.  J.  Benson.  John  S.  Williams, 
N.  A.  Pellerano  and  Richard  Bressani  covered 
Market  street. 

Contributions  were  willing  and  generous. 
Many  sacrificed  to  give  who  knew  of  the  good  work 
being  done  and  done  quietly  by  the  Knights  of 
Columbus.  One  woman  sent  $2  with  a  note  telling 
the  committee  that  she  had  a  brother  at  the  front 
and  she  wanted  him  to  have  "  K.  of  C.  care. ' ' 
Many  did  not  wait  to  be  solicited.  They  cut  the 
coupons  from  the  paper  and  mailed  their  subscrip- 
tions. One  teacher  (retired)  whose  means  are 
known  to  be  very  small,  sent  a  note  with  $10.  She 
had  been  ' '  staying  awake  nights  thinking  of  the 
boys  over  there ' '  and  wanted  to  ' '  help  the  K.  of 
C.  help  those  boys." 

Friday,  December  28,  there  remained  $4000  to 
raise  and  two  days  in  which  to  raise  it.  Many  boys 
belonging  to  companies  B  and  M  were  home  for 
the  holidays  and  the  sight  of  their  uniforms  sent 
San  Jose  dollars  rolling  committeeward. 

Daily  luncheons  with  encouraging  reports 
spurred  to  greater  endeavor  and  on  Monday,  De- 
cember 30,  when  Chairman  Charles  M.  O  'Brien  an- 
nounced that  the  quota  had  been  reached  with  a 
generous  margin  there  was  a  burst  of  enthusiasm. 
This  K.  of  C  drive  was  a  quietly  earnest  one  and 
unique  in  achievement  owing  to  the  repeated  cam- 
paigns, postponements  and  the  holiday  season. 
The  patriotic  Knights  remembered  through  it  all 
that  the  soldier  can't  stop  after  his  second  or  third 
fight  and  that  there  could  be  no  lessening  of  the 
efforts  at  home  to  back  him  up.  Led  by  Charles 
M.  O'Brien's  efficiency  the  local  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus made  an  enviable  record  of  achievement. 
Their  successful  war  fund  campaign  assured  to 
thousands  of  homesick  lads  the  cheering  words 
over  thousands  of  K.  of  C.  shelters  "Everybody 
Welcome!"  That  "Everybody"  meant  everything 
— and  unto  the  uppermost.  It  meant  physical  and 
spiritual  needs  supplied  without  "money  and 
without  price."  It  meant  that  for  all  time  the 
world  would  know  that  Catholicism  and  patriotism 
and  brotherly  kindness  were  interwoven  as  the 
colors  of  the  flag. 

This  gift  of  $10,000  to  the  war  fund  did  not 
end  the  local  offer  of  Catholic  helpfulness.  Father 
Walsh  and  Father  Cox  of  Santa  Clara  College  fol- 
lowed the  flag  overseas  to  lovingly  minister  to  the 
men  of  every  nation  in  every  need.  Father  T.  C. 
O  'Connell,  pastor  of  St.  Patrick 's  church,  spent 
more  than  a  year  on  the  fighting  front,  offering 
his  earnest  chaplaincy  with  all  its  wealth  of  broth- 
erhood in  the  service  of  the  boys — our  boys — under 
the  cross-emblazoned  banner  of  patroitic  Catholic- 
ism open  seasame  of  "Everybody  Welcome." 
CHRISTMAS  CHEER 

Christmas  1917!  The  first  Christmas  when  the 
blue  stars  shown  darkly  in  the  white  light  of  the 
Great  Star!  The  first  lonely  Christmas  without 
the  boys!  The  only  cheer  possible  at  home  was 
the  cheer  we  might  send  to  follow  our  hearts  that 
were  away  in  camps  and  cantonments  or  overseas. 
The  first  idea  of  Christmas  Cheer  came  to  Eleanor 


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A.  Brown  and  she  talked  it  over  with  five  other 
San  Jose  girls:  Marion  Goldsmith,  Marion  Cassin, 
Maude  Thomas,  Evelyn  Johnson  and  Luita  Arnold. 
It  was  one  of  those  wonderful  ideas  that  grow  and 
grow  into  something  beautiful.  There  was  no  need 
of  newspaper  publicity — ^vhereve^  a  heart  beat 
true  'with  tenderness  and  there  was  the  pulse  of 
patriotism  or  Christmas  spirit  the  idea  of  ' '  Cheer 
for  the  boys"  took  root  and  developed  instan- 
taneously. 

At  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  on  November  1. 
1917,  there  was  a  meeting.  Eleanor  Brown  and 
her  five  girl  friends  met  with  representatives  of 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  Rotary  Club,  the 
Bed  Cross,  Y.  W.  C.  A.,  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  and  the 
Woman 's  Club  and  other  organizations  to  make 
plans  and  perfect  some  kind  of  working  com- 
mittee. J.  J.  McDonald  was  made  chairman  and 
Luita  Arnold  secretary.  Others  present  were  Mrs. 
Charles  Osenbaugh,  Brownie  Schillingsburg,  Mrs. 
W.  B.  Irish,  Mrs.  Arthur  Langford,  Mrs.  Claude 
Winans,  Dr.  M.  E.  Dailey,  Charles  R.  Parkinson, 
W.  T.  Rambo  and  Joseph  T.  Brooks.  There  was  no 
difficulty  in  ascertaining  the  object  of  that  meet- 
ing. The  intention  was  just  to  lovingly  send  to 
each  boy  in  trench  or  camp,  a  Christmas  remem- 
brance "from  the  folks  at  home."  Committee 
leaders  were  quickly  selected.  Finance,  Eleanor 
Br6wn;  publicitiy,  Mrs.  A.  B.  Langford;  to  secure 
the  names  of  the  boys,  Mrs.  W.  B.  Irish;  supplies, 
Mrs.  Claude  A.  Winans;  box  packing  committee, 
Mrs.  N.  J.  Gray.  Later  Mrs.  E.  J.  Loel,  Mrs.  S. 
L.  Cunningham,  Mrs.  W.  M.  Beggs,  Mrs.  J.  J.  Mc- 
Donald, Judge  W.  A.  Beasly  and  Jay  McCabe 
were  added  to  the  general  committee.  More  and 
more  were  added  until  San  Jose  simply  became  a 
committee  of  the  whole  to  see  to  it  that  not  one 
boy  from  home — Kvherever  he  might  be  in  the 
wide,  wide  world,  was  forgotten! 

Mrs.  Claude  A.  Winans  shared  her  committee- 
ship with  Mrs.  Bert  Goldsmith,  Mrs.  J.  E.  Han- 
cock, Mrs.  D.  L.  Smith  and  Mrs.  A.  D.  Grant. 
That  gave  the  Woman  's  club  a  place  of  prominence 
in  the  supply  department  and  the  club  recognized 
its  Christmas  honors  by  offering  to  pack  the 
boxes. 

The  matter  of  getting  the  names  of  the  boys 
was  a  difficult  task.  Judge  Beasly  and  Miss  Stella 
Huntington  was  added  to  the  committee  headed 
by  Mrs.  Irish.  For  a  time  it  seemed  that  no  ade- 
quate list  could  be  secured.  '  Even  the  state  of 
California  could  not  furnish  such  a  list.  Boys  from 
here  had  enlisted  everywhere.  They  were  widely 
scattered.  Appeals  were  made  in  every  way  and 
gradually  the  Christmas  list  lengthened  and  Miss 
Huntington  was  kept  busy  cataloging  them. 

Mrs.  W.  B.  Hobson,  secretary  of  the  San  Jose 
branch  of  the  Needlework  guild  came  forward  with 
an  offer  of  the  guild 's  gifts  that  had  been  collected 
during  more  than  two  months.  City  Manager 
Thomas  H.  Reed  wrote  a  Christmas  greeting  and 
a  copy  of  it  accompanied   each  box. 

Jay  McCabe  and  J.  J.  McDonald  started  a 
campaign    for    500    pounds   of    stuffed    prunes    and 


that  500  became  700.  Attractive  boxes  placed  in 
the  Hotels  Montgomery,  St.  James  and  Vendome,  in 
each  of  the  six  city  banks  and  in  Jay  McCabe 's 
store,  each  with  a  picture  of  a  soldier  and  a 
Christmas  tree  on  one  side  and  a  sailor  and  a 
Christmas  tree  on  the  other,  mutely  but  eloquently 
invited   contributions   toward   "Cheer." 

At  the  high  school  there  was  another  litl'" 
box  into  which  the  coins  fell  with  a  happy  clink. 
Everybody  wanted  to  help.  The  Silver  Links  club 
of  the  Y.  W.  C.  A.  offered  to  crack  all  the  nuts  for 
stuffing  the  prunes.  E.  E.  Chase  offered  the  use 
of  his  packing  house  for  the  preparation  of  the 
delectable  goodies.  A.  L.  Hubbard  brought  four 
Christmas  trees  down  from  the  Santa  Cruz  moun- 
tains to  decorate  the  street  corners  as  reminders 
to  every  passerby  that  the  Christmas  Cheer  cam- 
paign was  on! 

Books  couldn't  go  into  those  boxes  but  stories 
could.  So  under  the  direction  of  Mrs.  W.  B.  Irish 
continued  stories  from  the  magazines  were  selected 
and  bound.  There  was  to  be  a  Tag  Day  and  the 
Boy  Scouts  and  normal  school  girls  all  offered  to 
help  with  this.  The  Scouts  planned  to  "tag" 
the  automobiles  While  a  committee  of  40  girls 
"tagged"  the  people.  More  than  10,000  tags  were 
printed  and  donated  by  Mrs.  Mae  Wright  and  the 
American  Can  company  gave  all  the  tin  ' '  money 
boxes"  into  which  the  coins  fairly  jumped  on  Tag 
Day — Saturday,  November  10,  1917.  This  day, 
under  the  direction  of  Mrs.  J.  J.  McDonald, 
Brownie  Schillingsburg  captained  the  blue  team, 
Luita  Arnold  led  the  red  team  and  Frank  McLain 
marshalled  the  forces  of  the  Boy  Scouts  under  a 
white  banner.  Lieutenants  were  Maude  Thomas, 
Mary  Goldsmith  and  Marion  Cassin.  Forty  nor- 
mal school  girls  and  20  Boy  Scouts  accompished 
wonders!  All  day  the  coins  jingled  into  the  con- 
tainers with  a  silvery  promise  of  cheer!  All  day 
responses  were  more  than  willing.  It  was  almost 
Christmas  and  hearts  at  home  were  lonely — and 
very  tender.  When  night  came  and  the  tired 
"taggers"  counted  the  money  there  was  $1175.80. 
What  did  being  tired  matter?  Think  how  many 
Christ.Tias  boxes  that  money  made  possible!  That 
very  day  the  packing  had  commenced  and  love 
was  in  every  touch,  folded  in  every  paper  Wrap- 
ping and  tied  closely  in  each  dainty  red  ribbon. 

Volunteers  were  called  for  and  on  the  morning 
of  November  16,  1917,  45  women  armed  with  big 
aprons,  fruit  knives  and  unlimited  energy  gath- 
ered around  the  long  tables  at  the  Golden  Gate 
Packing  company's  plant  and  began  the  stuffing 
of  700  pounds  of  prunes!  This  work  under  Mrs. 
Claude  Winan  's  direction  progressed  rapidly — and 
stickily!  As  fast  as  the  pound  cartons  were  filled 
they  were  packed  for  delivery  to  the  Woman 's 
club  where  the  Christmas  cheer  boxes  were  pre- 
pared  for   shipment. 

The  original  plan  called  for  500  boxes.  There 
at  least  900  altogether!  They  went  to  every  state 
in  the  union,  150  to  France  and  25  boxes  to  Hono- 
lulu. In  addition  to  the  boxes  about  300  pounds 
of  candy  was  sent  to  the  boys  whose  names  arrived 


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late.  Tlie  30  women  who  did  the  packing  watched 
the  last  tin-lined  box  tied  on  December  1  and  only 
they  knew  how  much  beside  the  gifts  and  ' '  good 
cheer"  was  tucked  away  under  each  cover  that 
a  kindly  little  Boy  Scout  fastened  securely  as  his 
labor  of  love  for  the  big  brother"  somewhere. 
There  were  raisins,  nuts,  candy,  stuffed  prunes, 
gum,  a  songbook,  cakes,  socks,  toilet  articles,  local 
papers,  Jack  Graham's  Songs  "We'll  Fight  for 
Yankee  Doodle"  and  "Where  the  Cherry  Blos- 
soms Bloom,"  s'.ories  and  the  city's  Christmas 
greeting.  There  were  many  things  you  couldn  't 
see.  These  seven-pound  boxes  were  boxes  of  love 
and  cartons  of  longing.  They  held  pride — and 
prayers. 

The  first  thing  to  catch  the  recipent's  atten- 
tion would  be  the  city's  greeting.  Its  warm- 
heartedness must  have  seemed  like  a  handclasp 
across  the   distance — the  handclasp  of  a  friend! 

"San  Jose  bids  her  soldier  boys,  wherever 
they  may  be,  a  Merry  Christmas.  We  would  like 
to  have  you  think  of  San  Jose  not  as  a  collection 
of  houses  and  stores,  a  mere  hive  of  busy  people, 
but  as  a  living  personality  Vhose  heart  warms  to 
you  who  have  left  home  to  defend  our  beloved 
country  in  this  time  of  danger.  We  would  convey 
to  you  a  bright  reflection  of  our  Christmas  cheer. 
We  miss  you  from  our  firesides  and  amid  the 
rejoicing  of  the  holiday  season  we  are  at  once  sad 
and  proud  that  you  are  absent.  We  call  upon  you 
the  blessing  of  Him  in  whose  name  the  Christmas 
feast  is  spread.  Christ  was  born  to  bring  peace 
and  goodwill  unto  all  the  world.  You  have  given 
yourselves  to  the  same  cause;  for  peace  and  good- 
will cannot  thrive  in  the  same  world  with  Kaiser- 
ism.  As  on  Christmas  day  your  thoughts  turn 
lovingly  toward  home,  our  hearts '  best  wishes  go 
forth  to  you.  Thomas  H.  Eeed,  City  Manager  of 
San   Jose. ' ' 

It  is  small  wondefr  that  there  were  many  more 
Boxes  than  originally  planned.  One  day  a  letter 
reached  the  committee — a  letter  that  Went  straight 
to  tender  hearts  with  its  appeal. 

"Dear  Friend: — I  wonder  if  our  boy's  name 
could  be  included  in  your  list  for  a  Christmas  box? 
He  volunteered  the  week  after  the  war  broke  out. 
We  hope  our  boy  will  not  be  over-looked  as  we 
are  too  poor  to  send  anything  ourselves.  William 
was  attending  high  school  and  we  had  great  hopes 
of  some  day  having  his  assistance  to  carry  us 
along  through  life.  He  was  just  21  when  he 
enlisted.  I  cannot  say  at  this  time  just  where  he 
is  located.  His  grandfather  fought  in  the  civil 
War  and  when  war  was  declared  William  wanted 
to  follow  his  grandfather's  example.  As  I  have 
stated  before  we  can  do  very  little  toward  sending 
him  a  Christmas  gift,  but  I  can  bake  and  send  him 
a  piece  of  mother's  cake.  Will  you  please  let  me 
know  if  you  can  include  my  boy  with  the  rest  of 
the  San  Jose  boys?" 

Bless  the  dear  mother's  heart!  William  had 
a  beautiful  box — lovelier  because  it  was  all  sprin- 
kled with  tears.  William  belonged  to  us,  too. 
He  was  the     son  of     every  member  of     that  big- 


hearted   committee. 

That  Christmas  Cheer  idea  that  started  in  the 
heart  of  Eleanor  Brown  grew  till  it  reached  all 
through  the  army  and  navy  and  found  every  lonely 
home-town  boy  even  if  the  only  address  to  start 
'with  was  "God's  Crusader — Somewhere!" 
THIRD  LIBERTY  LOAN 

In  preparation  for  the  Third  Liberty  Loan 
Governor  Lynch  of  the  18th  Federal  reserve  dis- 
trict called  a  meeting  at  the  Palace  Hotel  in  San 
Francisco  of  the  active  workers  in  all  the  western 
states.  The  committee  from  San  Jose  consisted  of 
J.  D.  Kuster,  W.   S.  Clayton,  Victor  LaMotte,  A. 

B.  Post,  W.  C.  Bailey,  John  Brooke.  Mr.  Lynch 
asked  each  group  to  nominate  its  own  chairman 
to  be  confirmed  by  Secretary  McAdoo  and  Dr.  W. 

C.  Bailey  was  made  chairman  for  Santa  Clara 
county  as  John  D.  Kuster  declined  to  serve  again. 
Returning  home  the  committee  started  active 
work  for  the  .'ird  Liberty  Loan  campaign.  By  this 
time  it  had  become  apparent  that  loan  drives  were 
liable  to  continue  and  so  at  the  first  meeting  early 
in  February  at  lunch  at  O'Brien's  about  twenty 
men  being  present  and  it  was  unanimously  decided 
that  a  permanent  organization  should  be  formed 
to  continue  during  the  war.  It  was  a  memorable. 
meeting  for  its  deliberations  brought  into  being 
the  Santa  Clara  County  War  Work  Council  with 
an  organization  that  reached  into  every  city  and 
hamlet  and  farthest  school  district  in  the  county. 
The  citizens  of  Campbell  under  J.  C.  Ainsley  had 
already  perfected  a  working  organization  modeled 
after  the  women's  mobilized  army  and  this  plan 
became  the  outline  which  Was  followed  and  de- 
veloped into  the  War  Work  Council.  Dr.  Jas.  B. 
Bullitt  helped  materially  in  gathering  together  the 
leaders  in  the  country  districts  and  the  organiza- 
tion perfected  for  the  Third  Liberty  Loan  later 
became  the  Santa  Clara  County  War  Work  Council 
and  was  made  permanent  at  a  luncheon  at  the 
Montgomery  Hotel  with  Dr.  W.  C.  Bailey,  chair- 
man and  A.  D.  Curtner,  secretary.  No  mere 
recital  of  results  tell  the  story  of  the  tremendous 
effort  put  into  the  preliminary  organization  cam- 
paign. The  chart  gotten  out  by  the  Third  Liberty 
Loan  committee  served  as  a  model  for  many  other 
county  and  state  organizations  and  those  returning 
from  Washington,  D.  C.  told  of  seeing  this  plan 
on  the  walls  of  secretary  McAdoo 's  ofiice. 

Dr.  Bullitt,  Judge  P.  E.  Gosbey,  Joe  Brooks  of 
the  chamber  of  commerce,  a  chorus  of  normal 
school  girls  40-voices-strong,  and  numbers  of  pat- 
riotic citizens  carried  out  an  educational  campaign 
that  covered  the  county.  No  meeting  ended  in 
discouragement  or  giving  up.  Districts  were 
visited  and  revisited  until  the  proper  spirit  of 
enthusiasm  awakened  every  loyal  citizen  of  Santa 
Clara  county  to  the  needs  of  permanent  organi- 
zation. 

War  Work  Council  headquarters  opened  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1918,  at  53  South  First  street.  From  that 
day  until  the  end  of  the  war  that  stairway  in  the 
Pomeroy  block  was  the  proudest  pathway  in  town! 
It   thrilled  with   the   honor   of  upholding   the   men 


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and  women  who  walked  up  and  down  with  the  pur- 
poseful patriotism  that  "put  things  over"  for 
Santa  Clara  county! 

On  February  10  came  the  news  of  the  first 
San  Jose  soldier  wounded  in  the  fighting  overseas. 
This  man,  Frank  Chaves,  member  of  the  infantry, 
was  a  brother  of  George  Chaves,  the  aviator,  who 
was  a  survivor  of  the  Tuscania.  The  war  cloud 
that  had  hung  far  in  the  east  began  to  lower  over 
the  valley.  An  educational  campaign  instigated 
by  the  War  Work  Council  started  on  Sunday, 
March  17,  1918,  when  more  than  3000  men  and 
women  listened  to  the  thrilling  but  quietly  told 
story  of  Sergeant  ' '  Doc ' '  Wells  who  had  been  the 
first  British  Columbia  man  to  enlist  for  overseas 
service.  No  one  privileged  to  hear  him  during 
the  18  meetings  he  addressed  in  one  week,  will 
ever  forget  the  earnest  Ypres  soldier  hero  who 
had  suffered  the  amputation  of  an  arm  without  the 
use  of  an  anasthetic  while  a  prisoner  in  a  German 
camp,  and  who  treasured  as  a  priceless  possession 
the  little  medal  given  him  by  a  Belgian  Sister  of 
Mercy. 

Sergeant  Wells  brought  the  war  home  to  us 
with  a  sense  of  reality  and  responsibility  that 
gripped  hearts  and  steadied  determination.  Part 
of  the  preliminary  educational  Liberty  Loan  work 
consisted  of  securing  war  pledges  of  the  Whatso- 
ever kind.  Every  member  of  the  War  Work  Coun- 
cil took  such  a  pledge.  Howell  D.  Melvin  visited 
all  lodges  and  fraternal  organizations  and  found 
men  everywhere  ready  and  willing  to  pledge  them- 
selves to  ' '  the  last  man  and  the  last  dollar. ' ' 
Melvin  secured  these  patriotic  pledges  with  the 
able  assistance  of  Joseph  Hancock,  Judge  P.  F. 
Gosbey,  S.  6.  Tompkins,  Arthur  M.  Free  and 
Alexander  Sherriffs,  speakers  of  powerful  convic- 
tion. 

Daniel  J.  Flannery's  speakers'  committee  con- 
sisted of  the  indefatigable  Dan,  chairman;  A.  V. 
Shubert,  Victor  Challen,  Arthur  Curtner  and  Judge 
Urban  A.  Sontheimer.  This  committee  had  a  large 
and  never  ending  responsibility  and  carried  it 
creditably  to  the  end  of  the  war.  We  listened 
•with  thrills  of  horror  to  returned  soldiers;  we 
cheered  patriotic  utterances  to  the  echo;  we 
laughed  when  laughter  was  due;  we  melted  to 
tears  during  recitals  of  the  suffering  of  women  and 
children  overseas.  Speaker  followed  speaker, 
entertainers  were  always  eagerly  willing  to  help 
every  cause — and  few  of  us  knew  that  the  sway- 
ing of  our  impulses  and  emotions  happened  to  be 
under  the  domination  of  Dan  Flannery  's  tireless 
speakers '  committee.  They  were  very  responsible 
for  our  civic  tears  and  cheers — and  loosened  purse- 
strings. 

H.  W.  McComas,  chairman  of  the  Four  Minute 
Men,  marshalled  his  force  of  25  able  speakers 
early  in  the  educational  campaign.  He  cornered 
Santa  Clara  county's  eloquence  and  profiteered  for 
the  country  in  patriotism! 

The  Women 's  Mobilized  Army  with  its  power- 
ful working  organization  of  more  than  1400  under 
Colonel  Mrs.  L.  T.  Smith,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Mrs. 


D.  A.  Beattie,  and  Liberty  Loan  Chairman  Mrs. 
C.  A.  Wayland,  combined  with  the  War  Work 
Council.  On  March  25,  1918,  the  105  officers  and 
directors  of  the  two  organizations  met  at  the 
chamber  of  commerce,  to  perfect  plans  for  the 
Third  Loan  campaign.  High  school  students  and 
teachers  to  the  number  of  400  volunteered  for 
"whatever"  service.  The  teachers  not  only  vol- 
unteered— they  signed  a  pledge  consecrating  them- 
selves to  the  service  of  their  country.  The  Boy 
Scouts  enlisted  for  every  duty  from  running 
errands  to  selling  bonds. 

Sunday  morning,  March  24,  1918,  the  com- 
pleted chart  of  the  War  Work  Council  covered  a 
full  page  in  a  local  paper.  On  another  page  we 
read  the  news  that  Paris  was  under  fire  by  long- 
range  guns!  The  thunder  of  those  guns  shook  our 
sympathetic  nation  to  its  foundation. 

Then  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  W.  Wooley  of  Holly- 
wood avenue  received  the  message  of  their  son, 
Fred's,  death  in  an  army  camp  at  Philadelphia — 
Fred,,  who  so  gallantly  went  away  with  his  com- 
rades in  the  Stanford  Second  Hospital  Unit!  A 
blue  star  in  a  San  Jose  home  turned  to  gold!  The 
sacrifice  should  not  be  in  vain.  The  county  slogan 
' '  First  to  Organize ' '  was  followed  by  the  Bond 
Slogan   "First   Over   the  Top!" 

Another  war  hero,  blind  Signaler  Tom  Skey- 
hill,  spoke  at  the  chamber  of  commerce  luncheon 
Thursday,  March  28 — just  three  days  before 
Easter.  Men  and  women  who  heard  him  and  looked 
into  those  sightless  eyes  went  very  quietly  about 
the  business  of  gathering  the  3000  calla  lillies  for 
the  great  Camp  Fremont  Easter  cross  that  beauti- 
fully pointed  the  way  for  the  hundreds  of  soldier- 
lads  gathered  about  it  on  Sunday,  March  31,  1918. 

At  the  Home  of  Benevolence  they  dedicated  a 
service  fiag  with  eight  stars.  Each  star  stood  for 
a  boy  who  had  once  belonged  to  the  Home  and 
who  still  ' '  belonged ' '  by  right  of  the  sturdy  man- 
hood now  offered  to  his  country.  These  boys  were 
Arthur  Mathews,  James  Bell,  Lyons  Marsh,  Evert 
Low,  Merle  Bently,  Roy  Stark,  Roy  Kitching  and 
Paul   Mitchell. 

On  April  5,  1918,  the  entire  county  waited  in 
readiness  for  the  third  loan  campaign — ready  even 
to  a  card  system  catalogue  devised  by  Under  Sher- 
iff Louis   Simonsen   and   kept   strictly   "to   date." 

Saturday,  April  6,  1918,  designated  "Liberty 
Day ' '  opened  the  third  liberty  loan  drive  with  one 
of  the  grandest  educational  military  demonstra- 
tions at  Luna  park  that  was  ever  staged  in  Santa 
Clara  county.  Opened  by  a  big  down  town  parade 
with  four  uniformed  companies  in  line,  the  spec- 
tacle comprised  drills,  bayonet  charges,  an  exhi- 
bition of  trench  warfare  and  a  very  realistic  sol- 
dier city  of  tents.  As  a  result  of  the  military 
demonstration  and  a  luncheon  addressed  by  the 
Anzac  hero,  Tom  Skeyhill,  almost  $1,000,000  of 
Santa  Clara  county's  quota  of  $2,605,000  was  raised 
during  the  day. 

The  committee  in  charge  of  admissions  for  the 
Luna  Park  spectacle  was  a  "bank  committee" 
consisting  of     George    Campbell,     cashier    of     the 


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ISeeurity  State  bank,  chairman;  J.  H.  Russell, 
Ir.  H.  Pearce,  D.  S.  Glendenning  and  C.  A.  Baronp, 
|Bank  of  Italy;  A.  D.  Baker,  W.  E.  Drew,  First 
iNational  bank;  Waldo  E.  Lowe  and  M.  B.  Davis, 
iBank  of  San  Jose;  Lester  Hyde  and  Percy  Thomp- 
Ison,  Garden  City  bank ;  Harold  Ahlman  and  George 
IPierson,  Security  State  bank.  Red  Cross  arrange- 
Iments  made  by  Secretary  R.  T.  Rambo  had  one 
Ivcry  popular  "number."  Ice  cream  and  cake — 
Ireal  home-made  cake — was  served  to  all  the  soldiers 
[taking  part  in  the  demonstration.  This  practical 
[service  was  "all  in  the  day's  work"  for  20  uni- 
Iformed  women  of  the  National  Defenders'  league. 
The  following  morning,  April  7,  1918,  all  the 
[military  equipment  had  marched  away  on  the  stal- 
Iwart  backs  of  the  Camp  Fremont  soldiers,  but  San 
iJoseans  found  front  door  reminders  that  the  Boy 
IScouts  never  slept.  Swung  from  every  doornob  a 
[liberty  bell  proclaimed  its  message,  asking  us  to 
I"  ring  it 'again!"  The  bells  prepared  by  the  Camp 
[Fire  Girls  of  the  Y.  W.  C.  A.,  directed  by  Jessie 
iBachelor,  were  distributed  by  75  scouts,  under  the 
Idirection  of  Frank  McLain,  scoutmaster.  East 
ISan  Jose  Scouts  followed  the  leadership  of  Ed 
•Wilson.  Father  Heneghan  of  St.  Patrick's  church 
Bmarshalled  30  of  them  and  the  Burbank  Scouts 
Iclaimed  Mr.  Nash  for  their  guide.  These  loyal 
fBoy  Scouts  distributed  the  programs  at  Luna  park; 
[distributed  all  the  liberty  loan  posters  and  tire- 
ilessly  ran  errands  for  the  counciil  headquarters 
Sthrough  the  entire  campaign. 

Monday,  April  8,  1918,  the  women's  mobilized 
['army  met  at  the  high  school  and  the  war  work 
council  committees  at  headquarters.  Final  instruc- 
tions were  given  and  at  10  o'clock  the  "house  to 
house"  canvass  began.  There  were  to  be  honor 
flags  for  full  quotas;  a  blue  star  added  for  every 
100  jier  cent  oversubscription.  Saratoga  claimed 
two  blue  stars  on  the  first  morning  with  a  200  per 
cent   oversubscription! 

A  huge  chart,  erected  on  the  First  National 
bank  marked  With  soldier  figures  each  advance  on 
the  ' '  home  lines. ' '  Returns  flashed  on  a  screen 
over  headquarters,  returns  interspersed  with  pic- 
tures. Mr.  Claytor  of  the  P.  G.  &  E.  company 
gladly  did  the  electrical  work  and  all  materials 
were  patriotiically  donated. 

Foreign  societies  went  to  work  with  a  right 
good  will,  liberty  loan  committees  being  appointed 
by  the  French,  Italian,  Slavonian,  Japanese  and 
Australian  organizations.  The  Slavonian-American 
Benevolent  society  made  a  notably  early  invest- 
ment in  bonds.  Booths,  appropriately  decorated 
sprung  up  on  the  street  corners.  They  were  in 
charge  of  prominent  lawyers  under  the  leadership 
of  Brooks  Tompkins  and  vounteer  nurses  led  by 
Mrs.  Bert  Bacon.  Tompkins'  "legal"  bond  sell- 
ers who  became  "curb  brokers"  for  Uncle  Sam 
were  Fred  Estes,  John  J.  Jones,  Leland  Walker, 
Faber  Johnston  and  R.  J.  Glendenning.  Mrs. 
Bacon 's  volunteer  brigade  of  nurses  and  others 
consisted  of  May  Atkinson,  Miss  Z.  V.  Jacobson, 
Louise  Groth,  Grace  Tomlinson,  Lou  Lewis,  Maud 
Cushman,  May     De  Villa,     Marie     Carlson,  Bessie 


Davis,  Mary  Hughes,  Mrs.  W.  E.  Albee,  Mrs.  Eliz- 
abeth Page,  Hilda  Berg,  Adele  Bracker,  Miss 
Fleming,  Mrs.  Dave  Walsh,  Grace  Foote,  Elizabeth 
Sacry,  Elizabeth  Devitt,  Mary  Knoepple,  Mrs. 
Castle  and  Miss  E.  Blais.  More  than  $2500  worth 
of  bonds  were  bought  at  these  street  booths  dur- 
ing the  week's  campaign. 

Tuesday,  Apriil  9,  1918,  was  a  great  day!  The 
War  Work  council  proved  that  its  organization 
covered  a  heart — and  "Bill"  Farnum  came  to 
town!  The  council  evidenced  its  humanity  by 
sending  flowers  to  blind  Signaler  Tom  Skeyhill, 
who  was  ill  in  a  San  Francisco  hospital.  Hidden 
in  the  flowers  the  soldier  found  a  message  from 
San  Jose  that  warm-heartedly  promised  remember- 
ing care.  He  had  roused  us  by  his  message.  We 
touched  him  deeply  by  ours. 

' '  Bill ' '  Farnum  came  as  per  schedule  to  speak 
in  the  interest  of  the  bonds — ^but  he  didn't  bring 
his  voice!  He  had  worn  it  out  and  came  to  us  at 
the  Liberty  theater  with  only  the  ghost  of  a 
whisper — but  it  carried  far.  Long  before  the 
hour  of  "Bill's"  arrival  the  theater  was  over- 
flowing and  Market  street  crowded  from  curb  to 
curb.  Sand  piles  having  to  do  with  street  con- 
struction offered  points  of  vantage.  Fortunate  was 
the  individual  who  found  a  foothold  ankle-deep  in 
sand  and  caught  a  glimpse  of  virile  Bill  Farnum 
and  heard  the  ghost  of  his  voice.  That  whisper 
«pld  bonds  in  five  figures. 

The  burden  of  the  campaign  fell  to  the  lot  of 
ten  committeemen  under  the  Liberty  loan  leaders. 
These  committeemen  "were  John  D.  Crummey,  Alex- 
ander Sherriffs,  Arthur  D.  Curtner,  Louis  Cam- 
piglia,  Henry  M.  Ayer,  Charles  M.  O'Brien,  Charles 
R.  Parkinson,  Elton  R.  Shaw,  E.  N.  Richmond, 
Alexander  Hart,  Walter  G.  Mathewson,  Howell  D. 
Melvin.  Under  these  leaders  every  man  and 
woman  listed  by  the  W.  W.  C,  and  the  women 's 
army  mobilized  for  service.  Henry  Hirsch  became 
special  inspector  of  the  San  Jose  district  to  see 
that  plans  were  effectively  carried  out. 

There  were  divisions  and  subdivisions.  Elton 
R.  Shaw 's  committee  handled  all  railroad  em- 
ployees. Walter  G.  Mathewson  acted  as  chairman 
of  138  men  co-operating  with  the  labor  unions. 
Shop  windows  did  their  bit  with  posters  and  clever 
patriotic  displays.  Pomeroy  Brothers  donated  the 
use  of  their  big  wind(iw  which  was  decorated  by 
the  San  Jose  Paint  &  Paper  company.  The  out- 
standing features  of  this  bond-selling  window  were 
the  poster  "Fight  or  Buy  Bonds"  and  a  big  pic- 
ture of  George  Washington.  On  this  window  the 
' '  honor  lists ' '  were  posted  and  every  day  the  lists 
grew  longer  as  more  and  more  San  Joseans  has- 
tened to  be  "among  those  present." 

Not  every  one  purchased  bonds  voluntarily. 
Everywhere  workers  met  concrete  evidences  of 
insidious  German  propaganda.  These  evidences 
became  alarmingly  frequent.  The  list  of  those 
refusing  to  buy  bonds  increased  to  such  an  extent 
that  the  Santa  Clara  County  War  Work  council 
investigating  and  educational  committee,  with 
John  D.  Kuster  chairman,  came  into  the  campaign. 


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Other  members  of  this  organization  perfected  for 
a  peculiarly  difficult  task  were  J.  W.  Grimes,  Al- 
bert Kayser,  V.  H.  Wylie,  A.  A.  Halsey,  A.  M. 
Free,  F.  J.  McHcnry,  Fred  L.  Fehren,  A.  G.  Du- 
Brutz,  Judge  P.  F.  Gosbey,  Samuel  G.  Tompkins 
and   Herbert   C.   Jones. 

These  men  did  not  shirk  their  unwelcome  task. 
They  made  over  900  investigations  in  the  spirit  of 
true  Americanism  going  about  the  business  of 
"slacker  hunting"  quietly  and  efficiently  and  with 
due  consideration  for  those  Kvho  had  either  to 
establish  the  fact  of  an  "alibi"  or  prove  their 
willingness  to  do  it.  This  educational  committee 
proved  the  worth  of  rational  methods  as  contrasted 
with  methods  of  violence.  By  the  card  system 
used  at  W.  W.  C.  headquarters  the  financial  ability 
and  the  response  of  each  man,  woman  and  child 
to  the  country's  need  was  on  record.  Those  who 
failed  in  their  patriotic  duty  found  the  avenue  of 
escape  cut  off  rather  firmly  by  this  far-reaching 
committee.  Stinginess  was  uncovered;  ugly  in- 
stances of  absolute  disloyalty  dragged  into  the 
light;  German  propaganda  exploded;  boasted  anti- 
English  and  pro-German  sentiments  underwent  at 
least  surface  changes;  no  one  under  suspicion 
escaped  the  investigatory  ministration  of  the  Edu- 
cational Committee.  Its  services  in  bond  selling 
and  in  the  increase  of  a  more  comprehensive 
patriotism  were  invaluable.  Nothing  "personal" 
ever  entered  into  the  committee's  considerations. 
These  earnest  men  were  consciously  wearing  the 
invisible  uniform  of  ' '  Uncle  Sam ' '  and  went 
about  this  business  "under  orders." 

On  April  16,  1918,  the  home  town  was  electri- 
fied by  the  ndws  that  Lieutenant  Douglas  Camp- 
bell had  won  the  French  war  cross  for  bringing 
down  a  German  'plane  and  capturing  the  pilot. 
Pride  in  this  aviator's  achievement  may  have 
speeded  up  the  women 's  mobilized  army,  for  on 
the  next  day  it  developed  that  "to  date"  they  had 
turned  in  to  the  banks  $125,000  in  bond  subscrip- 
tions. Neither  men  or  women  campaigners  reck- 
oned the  hours.  They  worked  all  day  and  as  long 
as  any  one  could  be  interviewed  at  night.  Liberty 
loan  headquarters  hummed  with  industry.  Volun- 
teers, among  them  teachers  from  all  the  schools, 
under  the  capable  and  kindly  direction  of  E.  H. 
Foster  compiled  records  and  reports,  answered 
constantly  ringing  telephone  bells  and  did  two  or 
three  different  things  effectively — and  all  at  once! 
Just  what  Mr.  Foster's  office  management  meant 
to  liberty  loan  headquarters  during  this  and  fol- 
lowing campaigns  will  never  be  adequately  told. 
His  was  a  patriotic  service  that  kept  him  ever- 
lastingly on  the  job  and  prepared  for  each  day 's 
•work  with  an  energy  and  readiness  that  was  a 
source  of  wonder  and  pride  to  his  fellow  workers. 

As  the  country  plunged  more  deeply  into  the 
responsibilities  of  war,  the  fires  of  patriotism 
flamed  at  the  touch  of  pro-Germanism.  Copies  of 
a  poster  signed  by  the  knights  of  liberty  placarded 
shop  windows  one  morning  late  in  April.  "Atten- 
tion Americans!"  ran  the  text  of  this  surprising 
message.     ' '  As  members  of  the  knights  of  liberty 


we  are  pledged  to  stamp  out  all  disloyalty  and  pro- 
Germanism.  As  clear-headed  Americans  we  decide 
on  a  course  of  action,  whatever  it  may  be,  and 
carry  it  out  in  a  determined  manner.  Our  boys  in 
the  trenches  in  France  or  elsewhere  are  fighting 
for  us  here  at  home  and  it  is  our  sacred  duty  to 
clear  the  lines  in  the  rear  of  all  dangerous  ele- 
ments and  give  our  fighting  boys  a  chance  to  win 
the  war." 

On  the  night  of  May  1,  1918,  members  of  the 
knights  of  liberty  of  San  Jose  and  Oakland,  heads 
covered  with  black  cowles,  held  a  weird  trial  in 
the  light  of  the  automobile  lamps  at  the  intersec- 
tion of  the  Penetencia  and  Piedmont  roads.  The 
following  morning  a  San  Josean,  George  Koetzer, 
alleged  to  have  been  guilty  of  unpatriotic  utter- 
ances, was  found  tarred  and  feathered  and  chained 
to  the  cannon  at  the  foot  of  the  McKinley  monu- 
ment in  St.  James  park. 

By  the  president 's  proclamation,  Friday,  April 
26,  1918,  was  to  be  Liberty  day,  but  San  Jose  had 
previously  named  Wednesday,  April  24,  to  mark 
the  ' '  high  tide ' '  of  the  campaign  with  the  biggest 
and  most  novel  parade  ever  seen  in  the  county. 
Arthur  D.  Curtner,  general  chairman  of  the  parade 
committee,  ably  assisted  by  Jack  Shea  and  John 
D.  Chace  and  others,  worked  tirelessly  and  by  the 
tremendous  success  of  the  undertaking  proved  the 
high  order  of  his  executive  ability.  One  unusual 
thing  about  this  great  day  was  that  while  the 
stores  closed  the  banks  stayed  open — for  bond  sub- 
scriptions. Looking  forward  to  the  parade,  which 
was  not  to  start  until  5  o'clock  gave  added  inter- 
est to  the  day  and  speeded  endeavor  all  along  the 
line.  Street  booths  sold  bonds  and  gave  away 
music.  In  Mrs.  Doerr  's  booth  at  First  and  Santa 
Clara  streets  a  phonograph  acted  as  a  hat  remover 
by  its  repeated  strains  of  ' '  The  Star  Spangled 
Banner. ' '  At  First  and  San  Fernando  streets  a 
piano  on  the  side^v•alk  did  its  bit  under  the  urging 
fingers  of  Tillie  Brohaska,  who  played  patriotic  airs 
for  hours  to  the  accompaniment  of  Willie  Petree  's 
violin.  Eyes  lifted  frequently  toward  the  big 
chart  with  its  soldier  figures  climbing  close  to  the 
top.  Ears  strained  to  catch  the  expected  ' '  over 
the  top ' '  cheers  from  liberty  loan  headquarters. 
Shortly  after  noon  the  wonderful  message  came, 
the  soldiers  climbed  to  the  top  of  the  chart  and 
the  honor  flag  flew  from  its  proud  standard  at 
First  and  Santa  Clai;a  streets! 

At  5  o'clock,  while  an  aeroplane  circled  above 
the  city,  throngs  in  the  downtown  streets  witnessed 
the  most  thrilling  parade  in  the  county 's  history. 
Every  town  and  hamlet  was  represented.  Hon- 
ored over  all,  closely  following  the  flag  their  boys 
had  followed,  came  142  "war  mothers."  At  the 
sight  of  these  mothers  throats  tightened  queerly 
and  hats  came  off.  Tears  that  rose  quickly  had  to 
be  held  in  check  to  make  room  for  the  cheers! . 

At  the  head  of  the  almost  interminable  line 
walked  Mrs.  S.  F.  Thompson  of  Sunnyvale,  whose 
three  sons  were  in  the  service.  Mrs.  Mollie  Nees 
of  Sunnyvale  walked  next  with  four  service  stars 
on   her   coat— four  boys     fighting  for     her — some- 


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where.  Next  came  Mrs.  Charles  Frost  of  Edenvale 
with  three  sons  in  the  army — the  youngest  one  in 
France.  War  Work  Council  members  walked  and 
proved  a  gallant  spirit.  Autos  were  at  their  diH- 
posal — but  what  man  of  them  could  ride  when 
these  mothers  of  brave  men  trudged  along  the 
street  to  show  their  patriotism? 

Every  organization  had  a  representation — 
every  nationality,  every  creed.  Newsies  led  by  a 
10  year  old  bond-holder  added  their  picturesque 
dishcvclment  to  the  parade.  Girls  employees  of 
the  American  Can  company  wore  their  overalls  and 
carried  a  banner  that  proclaimed:  "We  put  on 
pants  to  aid  the  boys  in  France.  What  have  you 
done?"  The  Labor  Unions'  immense  Liberty  Bell 
float  did  not  go  out  of  existence  with  this  parade. 
The  Bell  found  its  place  on  a  dctwn  town  corner 
with  its  American  appeal  to  be  rung  again. 
Foreign  faces  in  the  line  of  march  were  many; 
but  each  foreign  exterior  covered  a  heart  beating 
true  for  America.  Floats  entered  by  the  Japanese 
and  Chinese  were  unique  and  beautiful.  Telephone 
girls  came  in  for  cheers.  They  had  put  $7150  into 
Third  Liberty  Loan  Bonds — and  many  of  them 
working  for  only  $10  a  week!  Boy  Scouts  marched 
proudly.  Scout  Wayne  Waddell  had  sold  10  bonds 
while  acting  as  a  messenger  for  the  Bed  Lino 
Messenger  Co.  Scout  Henry  Down  received  credit 
for  selling  10  bonds  and  Scout  James  tied  the 
score.  It  was  a  proud  hour  for  these  little  soldiers 
who  couldn  't  march  away  to  battle  when  they 
received  medals  and  kindly  thanks  for  faithful 
service  from  Dr.  W.  C.  Bailey  War  Work  Council 
chairman,  and  Scoutmaster  Frank  MeLain. 

It  was  a  great  campaign  that  ended  ofiicially 
on  May  4,  1918,  with  not  only  the  full  quota  of 
bonds  subscribed  and  the  population  requirements 
met,  but  an  amount  credited  to  Santa  Clara  County 
for  more  than  $800,000  above  the  allotment  and 
12,136  more  investors  than  during  the  Second 
Loan.  The  most  sanguine  hopes  that  came  into 
existence  with  the  organiation  of  the  War  Work 
Council  in  March,  1918,  had  been  realized.  Each 
member  of  the  Council  gave  to  the  members  of  the 
Women 's  Mobilized  Army  the  fullest  credit  for 
the  splendid  results.  The  Kvomen  had  worked 
shoulder  to  shoulder  with  the  Council,  sharing  bur- 
dens and  responsibilities — and  honors.  To  the 
work  of  the  Women 's  Army  was  credited  1.353 
subscriptions  aggregating  more  than   $173,000. 

During  the  strenuous  campaign  an  advisory 
committee  met  every  day  at  the  War  Work  Coun- 
cil headquarters  to  "talk  things  over  and  devise 
ways  and  means."  Of  the  following  faithful 
members  of  this  committee  many  gave  at  least 
fifty  per  cent  of  their  time  to  the  work  and  others, 
finding  that  business  interfered  with  their  patriot- 
ism simply  gave  up  their  business,  devoting  all 
their. time  and  energy  to  the  interests  of  "backing 
up  the  boys:"  Byron  Millard,  A.  B.  Post,  Judge 
W.  A.  Beasly,  Dr.  James  B.  Bullitt,  S.  G.  Tomp- 
kins, W.  S.  Clayton,  W.  E.  Bauer,  V.  J.  La  Motte, 
Louis  Campigia,  Arthur  M.  Free,  H.  L.  Baggerly. 
Wilbur  J.  Edwards,  E.  K.  Johnston,  H.  G.  Coyken- 


dal,  W.  G.  Alexander,  Prank  J.  Somers,  George  N. 
Herbert,  John  D.  Kuster  and  D.  T.  Bateman. 
Chairman  of  all  districts  committees  were  also  ex- 
officio  members  of  this  advistory  board. 

Special  committeemen  who  helped  with  every- 
thing relative  to  speakers,  advertising,  publicity, 
transportation,  demonstrations  and  everything 
under  the  shining  sun  catalogued  and  uncatalogued 
who  worked  for  sheer  love  of  helping  since  their 
job  didn  't  bring  any  glory,  were  Thomas  H.  Reed, 
Karl  M.  Stull,  Victor  Palmer,  Alvin  Long,  Sheldon 
R.  Wills,  F.  A.  Nikirk,  Frank  L.  Baker,  D.  J.  Flan- 
nery,  Victor  Challen,  Judge  Urban  A.  Sontheimer, 
Arthur  B.  Langford,  Brooks  Tompkins,  F.  E. 
Ghapin  and  Wilson  E.  Albee. 

The  Third  Liberty  Loan  passed  into  history. 
It  marked  not  only  the  full  subscription  of  the 
Bond  quota  for  city  and  county  but  the  remark- 
ably eflScient  development  and  'working  out  of  the 
permanent  War  Work  Council.  "Drives"  were 
no  longer  simple.  To  start  a  campaign  and  bring 
it  to  successful  termination  meant  great  responsi- 
bility and  unceasing  effort.  The  Santa  Clara 
County  War  Work  Council,  under  its  Chairman  and 
vice  chairman,  its  committeemen  and  every  enlisted 
man  and  woman  worker,  had  solved  the  problem 
of  how  to  carry  a  great  undertaking  to  unqualified 
success. 

FOURTH  LOAN  DRIVE 

Undaunted  by  the  unprecedented  six-inch  rain 
storm  that  caused  a  loss  of  millions  of  dollars,  San 
Jose  and  Santa  Clara  county  prepared  for  the 
fourth  liberty  loan  drjve  in  September,  1918, 
Working  organizations  were  ready  for  a  smashing 
victory  and  all  plans  for  volunteer  day  practically 
complete  when  the  ' '  rains  descended  and  the  floods 
came"  and  washed  away  the  prune  crop.  This 
disaster  discovered  the  fact  that  the  structure  of 
local  patriotism  was  not  built  on  the  sand.  Loss 
left  it  unshaken.  Suggestions  of  a  reduced  quota 
gained  no  popularity.  The  war  work  council  and 
the  women 's  mobilized  army  determined  to  go 
through  to  the  last  bond,  crop  or  no  crop.  They 
remembered  Begium  and  Servia  and  refused  to 
compromise   responsibilities. 

One  or  two  changes  altered  the  war  work 
council  chart.  Dr.  W.  C.  Bailey  became  chairman 
of  the  Santa  Clara  County  War  Work  council; 
Joseph  M.  Parker,  chairman  of  the  Santa  Clara 
County  fourth  liberty  loan  committee;  Louis  Cam- 
piglia,  chairman  San  Jose  War  Work  council;  E. 
H.  Foster,  secretary;  Arthur  H.  Curtner,  treasurer; 
Dr.  James  B.  Bullitt,   statistician. 

The  camp.aign  did  not  open  officially  until 
September  28,  1918,  but  long  before  the  "big  day" 
everyone  was  at  'work.  A  cause  became  necessary. 
Within  two  days  the  women 's  army  completed  it, 
giving  not  only  names  of  adult  residents  of  the 
city,  but  listing  all  children  over  12  years  of  age. 
The  750  men  of  the  war  work  council  and  the  1400 
workers  of  the  women 's  army  comprised  the  Vol- 
unteer day  force  to  take  charge  of  the  "voting 
booths"  in  every  precinct  and  polling  place 
throughout  the     county.     Arthur     Curtner  gave   a 


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"get-acquainted"  dinner  to  all  district  leaders  at 
the  Montgomery  hotel  on  the  evening  of  Septem- 
ber 20.  Part  of  Joe  Parker's  speech  made  at  that 
dinner  should  be  a  matter  of  history,  particularly 
in  the  light  of  the  handicaps  suffered  later  by  the 
valiant  committeemen: 

"This  quota  is  a  question  of  optimism  and 
enthusiasm,"  said  Parker.  "It  can  and  will  be 
raised.  It  requires  a  strong  will;  it  has  to  be  done 
and  the  doing  will  be  all  the  more  wonderful  in 
the  face  of  the  fact  that  Santa  Clara  county  has 
just  suffered  a  disaster. ' ' 

On  Saturday,  September  21,  under  the  leader- 
ship of  H.  W.  McComas,  jhairman  of  the  four- 
minute  men,  the  campaign  was  opened  in  the 
theaters  by  Nicholas  Bowden,  John  G.  Jury  and 
Judge  Thomas  R.  Dougherty.  ' '  For  your  boy  and 
my  boy ' '  became  the  campaign  slogan  and  ap- 
pealed to  every  theater  audience  through  the  voice 
of  William  E.  Johnson.  Students  of  Heald  's  Busi- 
ness college  gave  invaluable  assistance  to  the  loan 
by  preliminary  work  in  making  triplicate  copies 
of  the  entire  census  of  San  Jose  and  vicinity.  This 
task  they  completed  in  one  day. 

Stickers  appeared  on  windows  and  automo- 
biles. Every  street  ear  had  a  banner.  Literature 
reached  every  home.  Papers  carried  pages  of 
official  government  advertising.  Window  displays 
and  posters  that  were  marvels  of  artistry  called 
for  T)ond  subscriptions.  Never  had  there  been 
such  far  reaching  publicity.  Ignorance  about  the 
loan  would  be  a  poor  excuse. 

Who  wiill  ever  forget  the  trophy  train  in 
charge  of  Cyrus  Pierce  that  halted  here  Monday 
evening  September  23,  with  its  five  cars  of  Persh- 
ing souvenirs  of  the  first  great  battles  in  which 
America  took  i)art  ?  Thousands  visited  the  train — 
and  registered  a  determination  to  buy  bonds. 
Later  Arthur  M.  Free  joined  the  official  staff  of 
the  trophy  train  and  almost  wore  out  his  voice  by 
weeks  of  patriotic  appeal  for  the  country's  sup- 
port of  ' '  the  boys. ' '  Henry  Hirsch  took  charge 
of  getting  a  volunteer  brigade  of  autos  for  use  on 
Volunteer  day.  Those  offering  this  service  were 
to  call  up  Mrs.  C.  A.  Wayland  at  the  never-to-be- 
forgotten  number  "4810."  Mrs.  Wayland  through 
all  these  strenuous  times  was  always  ' '  on  the 
job ' '  and  ready  for  any  service. 

"Blind  Al  Herr, "  newsboy,  bought  the  first 
bond.  On  Monday  morning  of  September  23,  1918, 
his  cane  thumped  against  the  steps  and  guided 
him  to  liberty  loan  headquarters.  Some  throats 
choked  a  bit  when  "Blind  Al"  eagerly  asked  for 
a  bond  and  held  out  that  $50  for  some  unseen  han<l 
to  take.     The  loan  slogan 

"Buy  Bonds,   Buy  Bonds. 
For  Your  Boy  and  My  Boy" 
had   appealed   to   "Al."     He     bought     gladly  for 
"your   boy." 

On  Tuesday,  September  24,  Senator  Frank  H. 
Benson  returned  from  France  with  a  story  of 
experience  at  Chateau  Thierry  that  gave  the  home 
folks  a  keener  realization   of  responsibility. 

The    camouflaged    "tank,"    a    reproduction      of 


those  in  use  by  the  allied  armies,  made  its  appear- 
ance with  Philip  Morehead  in  charge  and  traveled 
its  awkward  way  about  the  county  with  a  realistic 
boost  for  bonds.  More  and  more  home  ties  reached 
to  the  "western  front"  with  its  littered  battle- 
fields. A  letter  came  from  Margaret  Beattie  on 
September  25 — the  first  letter  home  since  she  left 
to  do  her  bit  in  Red  Cross  work  as  lal>oratory  as- 
sistant with  army  base  hospital  No.  50.  That  let- 
ter to  her  parents.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  D.  A.  Beattie,  just 
dated  "  Somewhere "  \vas  another  strong  tie. 

At  liberty  loan  headquarters  scores  of  school 
teachers  and  others  handled  mail  and  circulars  and 
worked  the  telephones  in  preparation  for  the  drive. 
There  will  never  be  a  fitting  tribute  paid  the 
teachers  for  their  loyal  support  of  every  war  ac- 
tivity. Their 's  was  no  idle  pledge.  They  bought 
bonds  and  gave  generously  to  everything  and  as 
if  that  were  not  enough  they  forgot  the  meaning  of 
"  vacation. "  Weeks  outside  the  school  room 
meant  only  so  much  more  time  to  give  to  war  work. 
No  history  of  any  liberty  loan  drive  would  be 
complete  without  acknowledgment  of  the  tre- 
mendous impetus  given  to  patriotic  endeavor  by 
the  loyalty  and  unselfish  service  of  the  teachers. 

Volunteer  day,  September  27,  1918,  will  go  down 
in  history  as  one  of  the  greatest  days  in  the  chron- 
icles of  the  county.  On  that  day,  practtically  with- 
out any  solicitation,  the  county  subscribed  $3,258,- 
650  to  the  fourth  liberty  loan  bonds,  $1,701,250  of 
that  amount  belonged  to  San  Jose.  The  honor  flag 
offered  for  the  largest  number  of  subscriptions  in 
a  precint  in  proportion  to  the  population  went  to 
precinct  No.  37  in  charge  of  F.  A.  Van  I'orsten, 
director,  and  Charles  M.  O'Brien,  vice  chairman.  Out 
of  373  registered  voters  62  per  cent  made  l)ond 
subscriptions.  This  precinct  at  Wilson 's  garage, 
,''|<.|  South  Fifteenth  street,  listed  among  its  work- 
ers Joseph  T.  Brook.^,  Edward  Johnson  Ben  Brown. 
H.  Trephagen,  Mrs.  W.  6.  Alexander,  May  Hoff- 
man, Hfittie  Hoffrian,  Misi  Jones,  Mrs.  H  H. 
Madsen,  Mrs.  L.  F  Edwards,  Mrs.  IV  D.  During, 
ilrs.  C.  B.  Maton  and  Mrs.  .V.  K  Bailey 

The  honor  flag  for  the  largest  :i;ncunt  if  «ub- 
icriptioi'S  totaliiJ  ...'8,850.  wa.s  proud'y  car-ied 
away  by  Craiulalhiil"  precinct  .Nc  2  in  ci'ar};c  if 
Alexander  Sherri-^fs,  vice  chai'i"iwi.,  a.ul  W.  J. 
Lean,  director.  Other  workers  were  W.  B.  Irish, 
Daisy  Cozzens,  Reta  Angus,  Hattie  Prindiviille, 
Mrs.  R.  H.  Topham,  Anna  Mathews  and  Bessie 
Crowfoot. 

All  day  the  volunteer  subscriptions  poured  in. 
D.  M.  Denegri  did  yoeman  service  among  the  Ital- 
ian-speaking population,  obtaining  notable  results 
from  the  employees  of  the  Greco  cannery.  All  can- 
ners  and  their  hundreds  of  workers  stood  solidly 
behind  the  loan.  The  day  had  its  lights  and  shad- 
ows. One  small  boy  came  proudly  to  "vote"  for  a 
$50  bond,  but  withdrew  his  subscriptioin  when  he 
learned  that  there  were  no  more  volunteer  tags. 
Aw — what  was  the  use  if  you  couldn't  wear  a  tag? 
Nothin '  doing'! 

A  very  early  morning  bond  buyer  was  Percy  A. 
Merriam,   chief   electrician   of   the   Unitied    States 


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army,  retired,  in  charge  of  the  local  naval  recruit- 
ing station.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  J.  Wideman,  159 
South  Tenth  street,  visited  a  booth  and  announced 
that  every  member  of  the  family  had  bought  bonds. 
Then  they  remembered  "Billy."  H«  was  sent  for 
and  they  witnessed  the  "X"  of  his  signature. 
Billy  couldn't  write  for  he  was  the  family  cat. 
Nevertheless  "Billy's"  bond  subscription  was  ac- 
cepted with  cheers.  The  widow  of  a  civil  war  vet- 
eran gladly  voted  all  she  could  spare  for  bonds. 
She  was  "glad  to  loan  the  government"  what  a' - 
had  saved  from  the  pension  paid  to  her  for  over  20 
years. 

The  brightness  of  the  day  had  a  shadow  in  the 
sorrow  at  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Hra.  J.  C.  Hi 
495  South  Fifteenth  street.  The  body  of  their  son, 
Walter  A.  Hilden,  arrived  for  burial,  accompanied 
by  a  soldier  comrade.  Walter  Hilden,  a  member  of 
the  fifth  aerial  squadron  and  one  of  the  first  San 
Jose  boys  to  enlist,  met  death  in  a  fall  at  Kelly 
field,  Texas.  He  gave  his  life — we  were  only  asked 
to  buy  bonds.  A  million  and  a  half  American  boy 
were  pushing  back  the  Hun  out  of  northern  Bel- 
gium and  France  toward  the  Ehine.  They  were 
paying  with  their  lives — our  Volunteer  day  gave 
us  the  opportunity  to  pay  with  our  dollars. 

J.  H.  Levy,  for  years  proprietor  of  the  Model 
clothing  store  "volunteered"  generously.  His  sub- 
scription of  thousands  of  dollars  was  to  be  divided 
as  gifts  among  relatives  in  the  service  of  Old 
Glory. 

Although  the  dream  of  raising  the  entire  quota 
on  volunteer  day  did  not  come  true,  yet  the  plan 
was  a  tremendous  "boost"  not  only  in  subscrip- 
tions, but  in  starting  the  official  campaign  wit'- 
enthusiasm. 

On  the  morning  of  September  28,  1918,  Joseph  M 
Parker  and  the  combined  war  work  council  and 
women  's  army  began  the  intensive  drive  to  put  Sail 
Jose  and  the  counuty  over  the  top  and  write  tlr 
county 's  name  once  more  high  on  the  roll  of  hon 
Liberty  loan  headquarters  became  tthe  most  im 
portant  place  in  town.  Things  commenced  to  re- 
volve around  "Joe".  He  was  the  right  man  for 
the  right  place  and  demonstrated  it  every  hour  i 
the  day  in  his  handling  of  never-ending  problems 
Not  once  during  the  strenuous  day  did  he  or  other 
members  of  the  war  work  council  fail  to  make  it 
clear  that  without  the  volunteer  workers  and  the 
members  of  the  women 's  army  they  couldn  't  ' '  put 
it  across."  Mrs.  L.  T.  Smith  not  only  headed  the 
work  for  the  county,  but  acted  as  an  ably  qualified 
member  of  the  speakers '  committee,  tireless  in  her 
efforts  to  make  clear  explanations  and  obtain  re- 
sults. Mrs.  Smith,  D.  A.  Beattie,  leader  of  the  army 
for  San  Jose  and  Mrs.  W.  C.  Wayland,  liberty  loan 
chairman  for  the  drive,  deserved  the  ' '  croix  de 
guerre ' '  for  meritorious  service.  Everybody 
worked. 

William  Halla  covered  Chinatown  and  found 
bond  subscriptions  piling  up  after  the  news  came 
that  young  Sing  Kee,  son  of  Chunug  Kee,  had  becu 
awarded  the  distinguished  service  cross.  Sing  Kcc, 
the  only   Chinese  soldier  in  company   G.  306th  in- 


fantry, deserved  that  decoration  and  the  croix  do 
gue.rre  that  came  to  him  later.  He  stooil  for  48  hours 
at  an  advance  post  with  wireless  apparatus  sending 
messages  back  to  his  commander  after  the  post  had 
been  abandoned  by  the  entire  company.  Sing  Kee 
fought  in  many  battles  and  spent  a  month  in  th- 
hospital  at  Tours  following  a  severe  experience 
with  mustard  gas  during  a  Hun  attack.  A  letter 
of  congratulation  went  to  Sing  Kee  from  his  fel- 
low townsmen  of  the  war  work  council.  In  sharp 
contrast  with  this  heroism  came  the  accusation  of 
' '  slacker  ' '  against  Gustave  George  Olson,  who, 
after  taking  out  his  first  citizenshij)  papers,  re- 
nounced all  rights  of  citizenship,  declaring  himse'f 
a  native  of  S'vveden  in  order  to  be  free  of  military 
obligation  to  his  adopted  country,  even  later  re- 
pentance was  poor  reparatioin. 

Day  by  day  the  bond  figures  mounted  higher,  ) 
not  rapidly  enough.  "mopping  up"  campaign  be- 
gan. The  first  week  in  October  more  than  $1,00' 
000  remained  to  be  raised.  A  commititee  on  theater 
subscriptions  consisting  of  C.  C.  Pomeroy,  I.  Mar- 
cus, I.  O.  Trousdale  and  Mrs.  Elmer  Emerson,  as- 
sisted by  scores  of  society  maids  and  matrons, 
raised  $19,000  in  one  evening.  Over  $10,000  of  this 
amount  was  raised  at  the  Theater  Jose.  The 
speeches  calling  forth  this  subscription  were  made 
by  E.  H.  DeSelms,  Frank  H.  Benson,  Judge  F.  B. 
Brown  and  J.  W.  Kramer. 

Unquestioinably  the  ruined  prune  crop  delayed 
the  loan.  It  became  a  sheer  necessity  for  sub- 
scribers to  resubscribe  in  order  to  make  up  for 
those  who  were  unable  to  do  what  they  had  planned. 
Prunes — spoiled  prunes  were  tainting  the  atmo- 
phere.  As  they  fermented  strange  things  happened. 
At  a  ranch  on  the  San  Francisco  road  some  chickens 
acted  in  a  queer  manner.  When  kept  shut  up  an 
quite  away  from  the  discarded  prunes  they  were  a  " 
right.  It  developed  that  they  were  simply  drunk  on 
fermented  prune  juice.  That  same  night,  Septem- 
ber 30,  by  order  of  the  board  of  supervisors,  13 
saloons  sold  their  last  bit  of  liquor  and  closed  their 
doors.  Then  the  city  council  authorized  the  city 
manager  to  sell  the  meteor  and  the  bond  drive  went 
on. 

The  Japanese  subscribed  almost  $50,000  through 
M.  Matsui  and  T.  Kimura  of  the  Japanese  liberty 
loan  committee.  Howell  D.  Melvin  and  Elton  E. 
Shaw  handled  this  department  of  the  drive. 

Governor  William  D.  Stephens  spoke  in  the  inter- 
est of  the  bonds  at  the  Victory  Theater  on  the 
evening  of  October  4,  being  introduced  by  Mr. 
Parker.  The  governor  said  that  ' '  no  one  could 
find  any  fault  with  Santa  Clara  county.  No  loss 
will  hold  her  back,  but  she  will  go  over  the  top  in 
this  time  of  the  nation  's  need. ' '  The  audience  evi- 
denced that  same  feeling  by  the  applause  that 
greeted  Parker,  Campiglia,  Benson  and  Bailey 
when  they  took  their  places  with  the  governor  on 
the  platform.     They  would  "put  it  across." 

The  service  flag  dedicated  at  St.  Joseph 's  on 
October  6,  1918,  held  almost  one-third  of  the  San 
Jose  stars.  About  1163  boys  in  service  and  370 
blue  stars  in  the  St.  Joseph's  flagl 


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On  Saturday  niglit,  October  5,  came  the  memor- 
able result  of  Hun  propaganda,  the  news  of  Ger- 
many's "peace  offensive,"  well  calculated  to  d 
feat  the  loan.  Whistles  blew  and  bells  clangnl — 
and  the  hearts  of  the  liberty  loan  workers  missed 
several  beats.  It  was  insiduous  and  unmeasurab'y 
hurtful — but  failed  of  its  purpose.  Another  se- 
rious handiciap  faced  the  dauntless  Chairman,  Joe 
Parker.  Influenza  spread  its  banner  of  disease  and 
death  and  began  taking  toil  in  army  camps  and  at 
home.  The  closing  days  of  the  fourth  liberty  loan 
campaign  were  a  fight — every  step  of  the  way. 

How  Joe  Parker  and  the  headquarters  company 
loved  to  stop  in  the  midst  of  the  day's  work  and 
work  to  do  some  kindly  thing!  Karl  Stull  was  an 
indefatigable  worker,  on  his  "special  committee". 
When  that  committee  had  a  rather  difficult  task  to 
do  (and  usually  their  work  didn't  draw  applause), 
they  called  on  Karl.  He  was  always  "there" 
whether  it  was  a  bit  of  publicity  to  be  handled  or 
a  banner  to  be  made  and  hung  high  above  the  busy 
street.  His  fellow  workers  appreciated  Karl  and 
just  before  he  entered  on  his  ' '  limited  service  ' '  in 
the  spruce  forests  of  the  north  they  presented  him 
with  a  wrist  watch  as  a  token  of  that  apprecia- 
tion. 

Toward  the  close  of  the  time  officially  alloted 
for  the  loan  came  San  Jose's  zero  hour.  The  city 
must  go  over  behind  the  boys — forward  to  victory 
— but  how?  There  was  no  disguising  tlie  anxieity 
at  headquarters.  Then  John  E.  Cliace  offered  his 
suggestion  of  a  $900,000  club.  Each  of  the  twelve 
war  work  council  directors  was  to  shoulder  the  re- 
sponsibility of  getting  $75,000  in  subscriptions.  Re- 
subscriptions  were  the  only  alternative.  John 
Chace  followed  up  his  own  plan.  He  and  W.  S. 
Clayton  became  a  pair  of  swashbuckling  piratical 
loan  sharks.  They  obtained  $250,000  in  bond  sub- 
scriptions by  their  personal  efforts  and  each  won 
well  merited  gratitude  and  an  honor  flag  from 
Chairman  Parker. 

A  patriotic  service  beyond  measure  was  Dan  J. 
Flannery 's  management  of  Sapper  John  Moriaity's 
speaking  campaign.  Through  Mr.  Flannery 's  tiie- 
less  efforts  Moriarity  's  war  message  reached  over 
20,000  people  in  Santa  Clara  county  with  a  direct 
result  in  bond  subscriptions  that  could  not  be  com- 
imted.  It  is  easy  to  see  how  much  Flannery  '3  ef- 
fort meant  to  the  cause  not  only  in  this  inst.anee 
but  duuring  the  entire  period  of  the  war  as  chair- 
niEii  of  the  speaker's  committee. 

San  Jose  merchants  vied  with  each  other  in  pa 
triotic  window  displays.  Stull  &  Souuiiksen  ar- 
ranged u  very  realistic  battle  scene  in  the  front  line' 
trenches  with  wire  entaglements  and  fighting  sol 
diers  shown  in  detail.  In  another  sectioin  of  the 
window  was  shown  a  woman  knitting  for  the  sol- 
diers. This  firm  took  first  prize  for  its  window 
display  at  the  time  of  the  first  Red  Cross  drive, 
when  a  striking  representation  of  the  poster  ' '  The 
Greatest  Mother  in  the  World"  was  realistically 
carried  out  with  wax  figures.  The  Baker  drug 
store  window  held  a  trophy  exhibit,  with  gas 
masks,  fuses  made  from  large  shells  and  cases  made 


by  French  soldiers  from  brass  shells.  Canelo 
Brothers  &  Stackhouse  gave  an  entire  'window  for 
a  liberty  bond  bridge  which  showed  American 
soldiers  crossing  to  Europe  on  the  "Roail  to  Vic- 
tory. ' '  Frank  E.  Smith  's  window  held  a  flag  flown 
in  Waltham,  Massachusetts  during  the  Civil  ,war 
and  a  copper  stew  pan  carried  through  the  Revo- 
lutionary war  by  Robert  Simms.  This  was  the 
property  of  M.  Enna  Ringo,  a  San  Jose  school 
teacher.  Bacon  's  window  featured  a  hemet  picked 
up  on  the  battlefield  by  Bruce  Bacon  and  also  pre- 
sented a  representation  of  Bartholdi's  statue  of 
liberty.  P.  W.  Gross  &  Son  arranged  a  particularly 
attractive  display  of  the  national  colors  draped 
about  a  striking  liberty  loan  poster.  The  First 
National  bank  not  only  took  its  full  quota  in  bonds 
and  held  $750,000  of  the  government's  treasury  cer- 
tificates. W.  S.  Clayton,  its  president,  put  every 
ounce  of  enthusiasm  and  the  last  minute  of  time 
into  the  campaign  and  then  caused  the  entire  First 
National  bank  building  to  simply  flower  in  flags 
of  the  allies  and  the  Stars  and  Stripes!  Hundreds 
of  flags  tossed  their  colors  from  every  side  of  the 
big  building  that  held  the  fourth  liberty  loan  honor 
flag  at  the  crest  of  the  proudest  flagstaff  in  town! 

The  situation  in  the  city  became  exceedingly  dif- 
ficult. Influenza  closed  schools  and  churches.  Peo- 
ple stayed  at  home  or  Went  about  necessary  busi- 
ness safeguarded  by  masks.  Putting  through  the 
loan  in  the  face  of  the  combined  difficulties  and 
discouragements  was  a  phenomenal  feat  of  patriot- 
ism. But  put  it  through,  Joe  Parker  did,  with  the 
never-failing  shoulder-to-shoulder  team  work  of  the 
War  Work  council  and  the  Women 's  army.  Even 
the  prune  trees  blossomed  out  of  season  as  an 
omen  for  the  superstitious! 

On  Saturday,  October  19,  1918,  bells,  horns  and 
whistles  noisily  announced  victory.  Joe  Parker 
shook  hands  with  everybody,  turned  a  handspring 
on  the  roof  of  the  First  National  bank,  saluted  Old 
Glory  and  the  Honor  Flag.  Then  he  settled  down 
with  a  very  tired  sigh  behind  the  big  bouquet  of 
carnations  presented  to  him  by  his  "comrades  in 
arms"  at  headquarters.  Santa  Clara  county  was 
credited  with  an  oversubscription  of  $826,650 — an 
over-subscription  obtained  in  the  face  of  almost  un- 
believable difficulties  and  discouragements. 

They  talked  it  over.  They  remembered  the  day 
when  they  went  to  San  Francisco  to  try  for  a  re- 
duced quot|i.  It  couldn't  be  reduced — but  they 
were  told  to  do  the  "best  they  could"  in  view  of 
the  county's  great  financial  loss.  If  the  quota 
could  not  be  reached  an  explanatory  statement 
'would  be  issued  by  those  in  authority.  The  San 
Jose  "boys"  came  home.  But  on  the  way  they 
confided  one  to  another  that  they  could  put  it 
across  with  an  oversubscription.  They  did!  And 
the  half  of  the  story  of  brave  endeavor,  of  their 
splendid  spirit,  of  never  giving,  cannot  be  told.  Jo- 
seph M.  Parker's  personality,  his  patriotism,  his 
optimism,  his  kindly  methods  of  handling  "touchy 
problems,"  his  unshaken  belief  in  what  would  be 
the  final  answer  to  the  nation's  call,  these  things 
were  deciding  factors  in  the  Fourth  Liberty  Loan 


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campaign. 

Judge  P.  F.  Gosbey  of  the  Council  of  DefeiiH,' 
made  the  following  acknowledgment  of  Parker 's 
able  leadership:  "I  wish  to  express  the  apprecia- 
tioin  of  the  Santa  Clara  county  division  of  11.' 
Council  of  Defense  for  the  excellent  work  done  by 
J.  M.  Parker  during  the  Fourth  Liberty  Loan  cam- 
paign. It  was  largely  due  to  his  efforts  and  to 
those  of  his  able  assistants  that  the  campaign  was 
carried  through  in  this  city  and  county  to  such 
great  success.  The  result  Svill  always  stand  as  a 
monument  to  Joseph  M.  Parker 's  ability  and  loy- 
alty. 

In  the  Fourth  Loan  San  Jose  had  20,075  sub- 
scribers. The  total  bond  subscription  was  $3,595,- 
000,  per  capita  average  of  $179.  For  the  county, 
subscribers  11,662,  amount  $1,899,700  per  capita 
$163.  City  and  county  subscribers,  31,735;  amount 
$5,494,700,  per  capita  $173.  In  this  loan  29  anu 
two-fifths  of  the  population  subscribed  as  against 
19  per  cent  subscribing  for  the  Third  Loan. 

The  twelve  vice  chairmen  charged  with  the  re- 
sponsibility of  raising  the  last  $900,000  v 
Charles  M.  O'Brien,  Alexander  Hart,  Fred  Law- 
rence Foster,  D.  L.  Smith,  E.  N.  Richmond,  A.  O. 
Mathews,  J.  B.  Clayton,  Bert  Shatterdahl  J.  D. 
Crummey,  Walter  G.  Mathewson,  H.  D.  Melvin  and 
Alexander  Sherriffs. 

"7-IN-l"   DRIVE 

While  priest  and  protestaut  clergymen  ministered 
to  the  men  of  all  nationalities  and  creeds  on  the 
battlefields  where  all  differences  were  forgotten  in 
a  common  cause,  in  the  homeland  there  developed  a 
new  bond  of  brotherhood.  A  splendid  demonstra- 
tion of  this  broader  understanding  was  the  ' '  Seven 
in  One"  campaign  in  November,  1918, 'when  seven 
great  war  work  organizations  united  under  one 
banner.  Each  planned  a  separate  campaign,  but 
following  the  President's  suggestion,  the  "zero 
hour ' '  was  met  at  home  as  it  was  met  overseas — 
all  together. 

Santa  Clara  county  sounded  an  unanimous  ca'l 
for  Arthur  D.  Curtner  to  be  its  drive  leader.  Tliis 
intensely  patriotic  American  was  an  outstanding 
figure  because  of  his  magnificent  service  in  all  war 
work  undertaken  by  the  community.  Assistiiif!; 
committee  represented  each  local  organization. 

Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Herbert  C.  Jones;  Natioinal  Catho- 
lic War  Council,  including  Knights  of  Columbus, 
M.  E.  Griffith;  War  Camp  v^ommunity  Service,  K. 
N.  Kichmond;  Y.  W.  C.  A.,  Mrs  L.  T.  Smith;  Jew- 
ish Welfare  Board,  U.  S.  army  and  navy,  J.  H. 
Levy;  Salvation  Army,  J.  M.  Parker;  American 
Library  Association,   Stella  Huntington. 

"Morale,"  said  Napoleon"  is  to  other  factors  in 
the  war  as  three  to  one."  Preserving  the  morale 
of  the  allied  armies  was  the  ' '  reason  for  being ' '  of 
these  seven  great  organizations.  They  represented 
more  than  15,000  unifirmed  workers;  operated  3600 
buildings;  shipped  500  tons  of  supplies  to  "the 
boys"  every  week.  Their  weekly  shipment  oi  fif- 
teen miles  of  film  meant  a  soldier  and  sailor  at- 
tendance at  the  movies  of  over  2,500,000  homesick, 
war-weary  boys. 


The  mercy  emblems  of  the  ' '  Big  Seven ' '  dotted 
every  camp  and  cantonment  and  field  of  battle 
They  were  not  only  behind  the  lines — they  wer 
at  the  front  where  the  guns  thundered  and  death 
reaped  its  bloody  harvest.  Morale?  What  horror 
upon  horror  it  would  have  been  without  the  light 
•of  the  home  fires  that  the  war  work  organizations 
never  allowed  to  die! 

Early  in  November  the  mercy  ship  commanded 
by  Arthur  Curlner,  set  sail  on  the  seven  seas  of 
patriotic  endeavor.  With  that  firm  hand  at  the 
helm  and  a  crew  of  purposeful  men  and  women  the 
emblazoned  ship  was  sure  of  a  full  cargo  and  a  safe 
return  to  the  home  harbor. 

Every  one  hailed  it  arid  each  hail  meant  an  added 
hoard  of  dollars!  Each  member  of  a  labor  union 
promised  a  day's  wages.  Each  employee  in  factory 
or  shop  gave  a  day 's  pay.  The  Grammar  Schools 
organized  as  Victory  Girls  and  Victory  Boys  with 
a  Ca]itain  in  each  room.  Alexander  Sherriffs  and 
Miss  Nell  O  'Brien  led  the  school  campaign.  High 
School  and  college  forces  combined  as  the  "Stu- 
dents' Goal"  under  Joseph  E.  Hancock's  leatler- 
ship  and  County  Superintendent  D.  T.  Bateman 
planned  and  'worked  and  helped  to  heap  up  the  dol- 
lars for  the  comfort  of  the  boys. 

Genevieve  Ehle  of  the  Washington  school  was  the 
first  Victory  Girl  to  sign  a  $5  Earn-and-Give  pledge. 
A  like  pledge  gave  Henry  Bell  of  the  Jefferson 
school  the  honor  of  leading  the  Victory  Boys. 
With  the  schools  closed  because  of  the  dread  influ- 
enza the  campaign  was  not  an  easy  one.  Miss 
O'Brien  mailed  more  than  5000  pledge  cards.  Thr 
brought  results.  Little  Elwood  H.  Hunter's  letter 
is  a  sample  of  the  interesting  communications  that 
heaped  every  teacher's  desk: 

20  West  Jerome  street,  San  Jose. 

Dear  Teacher: — Enclosed  please  find  $5  for  the 
Victory  Boys'  campaign  which  I  earned  my  own 
self.  Hoping  it  will  reach  you  safely,  I  am  your 
pupil,  ELWOOD  B.  HUNTER. 

The  entire  War  Work  Council  with  experienced 
workers  and  all  its  machinery  of  office  stood 
solidly  behind  this  drive.  The  advisory  commit- 
tee issued  a  proclamation  of  commendation  early  in 
the  campaigp  and  then  started  out  to  follow  up 
their  own   pronouncement  with  hard  work. 

A  huge  banner  appeared  at  First  and  Santa  Clara 
streets.  This  historic  corner  had  watched  many 
banners  insistently  call  attention  to  ^va^  needs  but 
never  had  the  wind  buffeted  a  banner  so  huge  as 
this  one  with  its  tremendous  message,  "Seven  in 
One,  to  a  Single  End — For  Our  Boys  Over  There!" 

Over  that  slogan, — God!  Under  it, — Brother- 
hood! Its  message  and  practical  part  in  the  cam- 
paign were  worked  out  by  R.  H.  Knox  of  the  pub- 
licity committee.  Jay  McCabe  and  S.  S.  Bryant, 
local  managers  of  a  billboard  concern,  saw  to  it 
that  posters  did  their  bit. 

Helen  and  Alice  Schwitzgabel,  Clarise  Pfeffer 
and  Thelma  Pennington  donned  overalls,  armed 
themselves  with  buckets  of  paste  and  bundles  of 
posters  and  decorated  the  billboards  with  a  striking 
poster — '  *  For  Every  Fighter,  a  Woman  Worker. ' ' 


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The  Women 's  Mobolizeil  Army  marshalled  their 
forces  under  their  ' '  tried  and  true ' '  leaders,  Mrs. 
D.  A.  Beattie  and  Mrs.  L.  T.  Smith.  The  "majors" 
who  shouldered  the  campaign  responsibility  were 
Mesdames  P.  F.  Gosbey,  J.  J.  Byl,  F.  Van  Dalsam, 
J.  E.  Hancock,  C.  C.  Little,  W.  S.  Clayton,,  Chas.  B. 
Parkinson,  Nicholas  Bowden,  George  Seeley,  N.  H. 
Booker  and  Miss  Ida  Wehner. 

Shop  windows  blazed  with  the  brilliancy  of  red, 
white  and  blue,  and  appealed  by  posters  and  slo- 
gans. Among  the  most  striking  window  decora- 
tions were  those  of  the  Owl  Drug  company,  Frank 
J.  Somers,  Pacific  Gas  &  Electric  company,  Sherman 
Clay  &  Co.,  Trinkler  Dohrman  &  Co.,  Prussia's, 
Eeich  &  Lievre,  D.  M.  Denegri's  pharmacy,  Tho 
Arcade,  A.  S.  Bacon  &  Son,  Appleton  &  Co.,  F.  W. 
Gross  &  Son,  L.  H.  Hart  &  Son,  M.  Blum  Co.,  StuM 
&  Sonniksen  and  the  Phil  Herold  Shoe  company. 

Hearts  were  in  this  campaign, — hearts  hurt  by 
war  and  oppressed  l)y  the  influenza  epidemic's 
death  toll, — but  beating  tremulously  with  the  hope 
of  peace.  Eumor  and  fluttering  hope  turned  to  fact 
with  the  signing  of  the  armistice  on  November  11. 
There  were  prayers  and  tears,  the  stillness  of  dcat'.i 
in  the  hearts  of  those  whose  loved  ones  would 
never  come  home — and  shouts  that  lifted  to  the 
stars I 

With  the  time  limit  fixed,  the  world  had  waited 
for  the  signing  of  the  armistice  and  the  silencing  of 
the  guns.  Almost  everyone  went  to  sleep,  while 
waiting!  John  G.  Robinson,  San  Jose's  Examiner 
representative,  was  "on  the  job".  He  grew  tired 
and  yawned — but  waited.  A  little  before  midnight 
John  ordered  "dinner"  at  a  South  First  street 
restaurant.  While  waiting  for  the  dinner  he  tele- 
phoned to  the  San  Francisco  Examiner.  There 
.might  be  "something  doing,  you  know!"  Therf 
was!  John  never  ate  that  meal.  Neither  did  ho 
^vait  for  an  elevator  at  the  Hotel  Montgomery,  He 
took  the  stairs  in  a  leap  and  pounded  on  Jay  Mc- 
Cab'e's  door.  Not  a  soul  was  in  sight  on  the  streets. 
Jay  and  John,  with  shotguns,  broke  the  village 
slumbers  into  smithereens  and  a  fire  alarm  did  the 
rest.  San  Joseans  hurried  from  everywhere.  They 
built  a  huge  bonfire  and  actually  "burned"  the 
pavement  in  front  of  "Jay's"  First  street  store. 
Alexander  Sherriffs  mounted  to  the  top  of  the 
Garden  City  Bank  building  and  led  a  community 
sing  with  "The  Star  Spangled  Banner."  Jitney 
Bill — otherwise  William  Wallace — in  an  exuberance 
of  armstice-joy,  threw  his  coat  and  hat  into  the  fire. 
The  sedate  tovv-n  went  wild  in  its  midnight  celebra- 
tion of  hysteria  that  hid  tears.  Whistles,  bells, 
auto  sirenp,  every  noise  making  contrivance  addec' 
to  the  din.    Influenza  was  forgotten. 

November  12,  declared  a  holiday  by  the  city  man- 
ager, s.aw  great  throngs  of  rejoicing  people,  massed 
down  town  to  watch  the  great  ' '  armistice  parade, ' ' 
That  parade,  three  miles  long,  took  an  hour  and  a 
half  to  pass  a  given  point.  Schools,  all  fraterna: 
and  other  organizations,  boy  scouts,  cadets, — hun- 
dreds of  rejoieiing  men  and  women  needed  no  urg- 
ing to  "get  in  line."  This  parade,  with  a  tumult  of 
sound,   perhaps   the   most   unforgettable   in   county 


history,  simply  formed  itself! 

Rejoicing  did  not  make  all  the  home  folks  forget 
the  still  existant  need  of  the  boys.  Without  the 
work  of  fighting  the  soldier 's  need  increased.  The 
campaign  workers  rallied  to  that  need  against  the 
time  mobolization  Which  might  be  two  years.  Each 
organization  had  a  ' '  day ' '  of  campaign  week  for  its 
own.  This  meant  effort  along  an  individual  line 
and  a  dollar-compelling  program  at  the  street 
' '  Hut ' '  which  was  ' '  Coal  Carried ' '  from  Santa 
Clara  to  San  Fernando  street. 

The  drive  held  touches  of  pathos.  One  poor 
woman,  who  does  washing  for  a  living,  thought, 
just  at  first  that  she  couldn't  give  anything.  As 
thi'  worker  turned  away  the  woman  piud  eagerly, 
"Oh.  wait  a  minute!  I  have  saved  a  dollar!  I  wrs 
going  to  send  it  to  him  for  Christmas — but  it  is 
better  to  give  it  this  way. ' ' 

An  aged  man,  dependeni  upon  county  bounty, 
gave  his  blessed  mite — ten  cents.  Five  little  mem- 
bers of  one  family  formed  a  weed  pulling,  lawn 
mowing  corporatiion  ' '  earned  and  gave, ' ' — $5. 
They  didn't  work  an  hour  and  ask  father  for  the 
money.  They  worked  every  daylight  hour  of  three 
days.  Another  woman  with  tear-filled  eyes  offeteil 
her  gift — a  few  thrift  stamps.  "It  is  all  I  have 
saved, ' '  she  said,  ' '  but  I  have  a  boy  in  France — 
and  maybe  this  will  help  him. ' ' 

The  Salvation  Army  under  the  leadership  of  Joe 
Parker,  pulled  at  the  very  heartstrings  of  a  gener- 
ous community.  The  Salvation  Army  has  earned 
its  high  place — earned  it  for  all  time^-in  the  honor 
of  a  remembering  and  grateful  iworld.  It  was  a 
great  day  when  the  Salvationists  dispensed  real 
"front  trench"  holeless  doughnuts  and  coffee  at 
the  "Hut."  Joe  Parker  delighted  to  don  the  red 
banded  army  cap  and  hear  the  dollars  thump  on 
the  old  bass  drum  in  response  to  the  appeal  of  tho 
Lads  and  Lassies.  Capt.  and  Mrs.  William  M. 
Bamford  of  the  local  Salvation  Army,  with  their 
four  children  and  a  corps  of  other  Salvationists, 
presided  at  the  hut,  furnished  music  and  worked 
tirelessly  during  the  campaign. 

Society  women,  members  of  the  Defenders'  club, 
donned  Hoover  uniforms  and  became  street  venders 
and  entertainers  for  the  "  Seven-in-One. "  Tlie 
Knights  of  Columbus,  with  only  280  members  and 
75  per  cent  of  them  with  the  colors,  were  a  who'c 
army  corps  of  valiant  service.  The  publicity  com- 
mittee, silenced  in  many  ways  by  the  prevailing 
epidemic,  painted  slogans  on  sidewalks,  signs  on 
billboards,  desecrated  shop  windows  with  flaming 
posters,  and  flung  to  the  winds  insistent  banners 
and  flags.  Merle  Grey,  James  Fellom,  Alvin  Long, 
Harry  Knox,  M.  E.  Griffith,  Herbert  Jones  and  Jay 
McCabe  taught  the  campaigners  ao  spell  "public- 
ity" with  capital  letters  and  to  doff  their  bonnets 
before  their  power! 

The  harbor  of  success  was  not  reached  unevent- 
fully. That  "mercy  ship"  tossed  sometimes  in 
troubled  waters.  Hearts  beat  sympathetically, 
but  there  became  apparent  an  insiduous  forgetful- 
ness  of  existing  needs  after  the  signing  of  the  arm- 
istice.    This  had  to  be  overcome  by  hard  work  and 


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educational  propaganda.  How  completely  indiffer- 
ence owned  defeat  showed  in  results — the  quota  for 
city  and  county  raised  with  an  oversubscription  of 
$25,000! 

The  success  of  the  8even-in-One  campaign  is  a 
monument  to  the  leadership  of  Arthur  T)  Curt- 
ner,  a  remarkable  tribute  to  his  high  idealism  ar 
spendid  Americanism.  Eager  for  patriotic  service 
of  a  practical  kind,  Arthur  Curtner  came  into  t!i< 
War  Work  Council  during  its  formative  period  am! 
donated  his  entire  time  to  the  war  interests  of  the 
romnuuiity.  Serving  as  special  secretary  ,tc  the 
country  districts  during  bond  e.o.mpaisfns;  a-^ting  in 
the  cupacity  of  War  Work  Council  seeretury;  chair- 
man, and  later  treasurer,  of  the  great  ' '  Seven-in- 
One ' '  drive,  Arthur  Curtner  won  a  high  place  in  the 
esteem  of  his  fellow  workers  and  in  the  hearts  of 
all  who  honor  unselfish  service  and  loyally  patriotic 
and  unswerving  Americanism.  Throughout  the 
strenuous  days  of  this  last  big  war  drive,  Arthur 
Curtner  looked  to  the  goal  with  clear  vision,  firm 
in  his  faith  that  the  people  would  do  their  share — 
and  a  little  more.  That  was  Arthur  Curtner 's 
"quota"  of  service — always  his  share^with  full 
measure,  heaped  up  and  running  over! 
THE  VICTORY  LOAN 

The  first  Liberty  Loan  campaign  in  June,  191.', 
was  notable  in  achievement  owing  to  the  lack  of 
organization.  The  Victory  Loan  drive,  fifth  and 
last  of  the  government's  call  for  funds,  aided  by  a'.! 
the  well-oiled  machinery  of  the  War  Work  Council, 
was  carried  to  success  against  the  great  handicap  of 
prevalent  indifference.  With  the  war  over,  hun- 
dreds of  perfectly  loyal  Americans  took  the  atti- 
tude of  ' '  let  George  do  it. ' '  From  this  ' '  cold  wave 
of  unconcern  the  War  Work  Council  and  the  Vic- 
tory Loan  committee,  led  by  intrepid  J.  M.  Parker, 
brought  the  vital  issue  into  the  warmth  of  success. 
They  did  this  by  the  power  of  able  leadershiip  and 
the  "  never-say-die "  patriotism  of  the  Council's 
and  the  Womans'  Mobilized  Army  personnel  of 
Nvorkers. 

Each  line  drawn  on  the  charts  of  these  two  won- 
derful county  organizations,  connecting  53  South 
First  street  with  town  or  remote  hamlet,  was  a  red 
line  of  heart's  blood,  and  each  name  representing 
a  district  became  at  a  touch  a  dynamic  battery  of 
purposeful  effort. 

Whoever  conducts  a  "drive"  becomes  of  neces- 
sity pastmaster  in  all  ancient  and  modern  strategic 
military  and  civilian  arts,  in  fact,  a  finished  diplo- 
mat! Just  how  finished  is  not  to  be  determined  by 
full  quota  or  oversubscription  but  rather  by  the 
red-blooded  quality  of  the  service. 

J.  M.  Parker  was  drive-leader  diplomat  par  ex- 
cellence! Backing  up  a  dominant  personality 
with  splendid  unselfishness  of  patriotism,  he  led 
his  "hosts  to  victory" — victories  not  only  of  name 
and  cold  figures;  but  victories  of  magnificent  un- 
written battles  whose  history  can  only  be  known 
to  those  who  watched  and  waited  and  worked  side 
by  side  with  the  leader  who  recognized  no  other  de- 
mand than  his  country's  need. 

Early  in   April   1919,  the  preliminary   campaign. 


directed  by  the  War  Work  Council,  Womans'  Army, 
the  Four-Miniute-Men,  Dan  Plannery's  speak, 
committee,  bands  and  whippet  tanks,  turned  public 
attention  to  the  payment  of  war's  tremendous 
"charge  account."  Whosoever  dances  must  pay 
the  piper.  Who  fights  must  also  pay!  Before  the 
drive  W.  S.  Clayton  spoke  of  the  phenomenal  rec- 
ord of  the  United  States  in  paying  its  debts.  "It 
will  be  harder  to  float  this  loan  because  many  peo- 
ple will  adopt  the  policy  of  ' '  letting  George  do  it. ' ' 

"But,"  he  added,  "we  must  bring  our  boys  who 
are  across  the  Atlantic  back  to  their  home  land.  We 
must  uphold  their  belief  that  America  is  behind 
them.  This  became  the  compelling  slogan  of  the 
Victory  Loan  campaign — 'help  bring  the  boys 
home." 

The  leaders  faced  a  "labor"  shortage.  School 
teachers  who  had  served  previously  with  such 
wonderful  volunteer  spirit  could  not  give  theiv 
time.  Much  of  the  organization  had  "drifted 
away."  Appeals  for  campaigners,  oft  repeated,  ol; 
tained  results.  The  unique  advertising  stunt  of 
drive  was  the  Volunteer  Day  "air  circus,"  staged 
by  James  B.  Leaman,  F.  E.  Chapin  and  Arthur  E. 
Holmes.  Airplanes  from  Mather  Field  circled 
above  the  county  scattering  from  the  clouds  more 
than  15,000  Victory  Loan  dodgers.  One  dodger  in 
each  thousand  bore  the  red-lettered  word  ' '  helmet. ' ' 
The  fortunate  one  who  secured  this  fluttering  bit 
of  paper  per  airplane,  exchanged  it  at  war  work 
headquarters  for  a  cajjtured  German  helmet.  The 
first  one  was  claimed  by  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Page,  468 
North  Third  street. 

More  than  $1,000,000  of  the  county's  $3,600,0  ' 
quota  was  "voted"  on  Volunteer  Day,  April  21, 
1919  After  that  the  entire  Loan  organization  set- 
tled down  to  a  steady  whirr  of  wheels  within  wheels 
and  a  determined  buzz  of  industry.  During  the 
first  great  week  the  city's  interests  were  three- 
fold; Victory  Loan  campaign,  teachers'  institute 
and  the  State  Conference  of  Social  Service 
Agencies.  Through  all  this  condition  of  eloquence 
the  government's  appeal  continued  to  be  heard. 
The  drive  gained  impetus  when  a  thrill  ran  from 
the  Ferry  Building  to  the  confines  of  Santa  Clara 
county  with  the  news  of  the  return  of  the  boys! 
The  347th  field  artillery  and  363rd  infantry  brought 
dozens  of  the  boys  home.  Many  proud  San  Joseans 
wore  arm  bands  of  infantry  blue  or  artillery  red 
and  crowded  against  the  ropes  between  Beale  and 
Spear  streets  in  San  Francisco  to  greet  loved  ones. 
The  happy  ones  marked  homecomings  by  buying 
bonds.  Those  who  still  alwaited  someone 's  coming 
hastened  the  glad  day  by  subscriptions. 

Edwin  E.  Lordge,  over  four  years  steward  of  the 
Moose  club,  came  back  with  the  363rd.  Jack  Shea, 
Gus  Wendt  and  Bert  Marquardt  constituted  a  com- 
mittee that  brought  Lorde  back  and  installed  him 
in  his  old  job — with  double  pay. 

' '  Reconstruction  ' '   and  the  program  of  jobs  for 
returned  soldiers  occupied  press  and  people.     Bonds 
had  to  speak  a  little  louder  in  order  to  be  hea 
but  the  patient  house-to-house,  store-to-factory  army 
of    Victory    Bond    getters    spoke    clearly — and  elo- 


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quently. 

The  first  week,  "Honor  Week," — names  of  sub- 
scribers were  posted  on  the  windows  of  the  Rail- 
road Administration  office  with  small  subscribers 
in  the  minority.  It  had  been  the  $50  and  $100  buy- 
ers who  constituted  the  deciding  factor  in  other 
drives.  Business  classification  was  under  direction 
of  Louis  Campiglia,  the  undaunted  chairman  of  the 
San  Jose  War  Work  council. 

Long  before  the  reception  day,  May  1,  1919,  the 
town  began  to  voice  its  welcome  to  the  boys. 
Buildings  blossomed  with  flags  and  bunting.  Ban- 
ners with  words  of  greeting  flung  themselves  across 
the  streets.  Unsightly  posts  and  electroliers  dis- 
appeared under  masses  of  greenery.  Ropes  of  red, 
white  and  blue  electric  lights  swung  across  spaces 
and  linked  street  with  street.  W.  L.  Prussia,  Jack 
Shea  and  J.  L.  Squires,  who  had  the  decorations  of 
a  city  in  their  charge,  called  on  the  hills  and  down 
came  carloads  of  garlands!  Everything  was  in  at- 
tire and  every  heart  attuned  to  joy!  Colonel  L.  M. 
Farrell  and  Lieutenant  Louis  Van  Dalsem,  with  1 
boys  of  Companies  B  and  M,  found  a  San  Jose? 
committee  waiting  to  greet  them  in  Oroville,  with 
an  invitation  to  the  May  Day  reception.  Never- 
theless, the  greatest  preparation  for  the  glad  day 
of  homecoming  for  the  men  from  camp  and  trench 
was  the  little  "V"  button  on  the  coat  lapel.  Every 
day  more  and  more  coats  were  decorated. 

Not  in  the  spectacular  way,  but  quietly  and  effi- 
ciently the  Victory  Loan  leaders  sped  the  three 
American  warships  on  their  goal-making  course 
from  San  Francisco  to  New  York  by  way  of  Pana- 
ma canal. 

Who  will  ever  forget  the  May  Day,  1919,  recep- 
tion and  parade?  Members  of  the  War  Wor- 
council,  every  service  man — army,  navy,  canton- 
ment or  overseas — every  organization.  Red  Cross, 
Defenders '  club.  Woman 's  Army,  Boy  Scouts,  Stu- 
dent Army  Training  Corps,  schools,  bands,  G.  A.  ■ 
Women  's  Relief  Corps, — proud  fathers  and  mothers, 
sisters,  sweethearts  and  wives, — the  city  and  cour 
marched  or  lined  the  streets  to  honor  ' '  our  boys ' 
with  tears  and  cheers,  with  hearty  hand  clasp  and 
scattered  rose  petals!  Proudest  of  all  were  those 
who  wore  the  insignia  of  the  little  "  V. "  That  was 
practical  welcome — it  helped  to  bring  the  loved 
ones  back.  At  the  Normal  ' '  quad ' '  City  Manager 
Bailey  and  Alexander  Sherriffs  eloquently  voiced 
the  universal  welcome.  Then  the  loan  committee 
with  invigorated  purpose  went  back  to  war  work 
headquarters  and  began  a  "whirlwind"  finish  ci 
their  tremendous  task. 

W.  S.  Clayton  and  John  R.  Chace  broke  their  own 
record  by  securing  $318,000  in  bond  subscriptions 
in  four  days.  These  free-lance  campaigners  deserved 
the  sincere  gratitude  of  their  fellow-iworkers.  The 
bestowal  of  special  honor  flags  was  an  inadequate 
expression  of  appreciation.  W.  S.  Clayton  enlisted 
in  the  war  at  its  beginning  and  fought  on  every 
campaign  front  until  the  last  echo  of  the  last  ( 
drifted  to  silence.  His  patriotism  had  the  back- 
ing not  only  of  "Will's"  personality  but  of  his 
bank — the  First  National     They  were  in  the  fight 


together — and  to  the  limit  of  responsibility.  Bond 
subscriptions  listed  at  the  First  Natioinal  showed 
a  creditable  percentage  of  the  totals.  At  the  time 
of  the  second  loan  the  bank  numbered  1045  sub- 
scribers; third  loan  3016  subscribers  out  of  20,530, 
and  the  fourth  loan  4595  subscribers  out  of  31,725 — • 
about  19  per  cent;  the  Victory  Loan  showed  a 
proud  record  of  total  subscriptions,  including  al- 
lotments of  $725,000!  No  wonder  the  big  banK 
liked  to  bloom,  with  flags  and  bunting  in  honor  cf 
oversubscriptions! 

The  five  San  Joes  banks — Garden  City  Bank  and 
Trust  Company,  Bank  of  Italy,  Bank  of  San  Jose, 
Security  Savings  Bank  and  the  First  National  Bank 
put  very  substantial  shoulders  to  each  wheel  of  ef- 
fort. They  carried  not  only  the  heavy  burdens  of 
' '  loan  quotas ' '  but  helped  by  every  possible  meth- 
od to  maike  the  way  easy  for  the  individual  sub- 
scriber. Bonds  wouldn  't  have  been  bought  without 
the  loyalty  of  the  Banks.  Back  of  them  stood  the 
loyalty  and  unsSverving  determination  of  the  Santa 
Clara  County  War  Work  Council,  under  the  guid- 
ance of  Dr.  W.  C.  Bailey,  who  patriotically  shoul- 
dered the  tremendous  responsibilitiy  of  leadership 
at  the  commencement  of  war  activities.  His  strength 
of  purpose,  sturdily  capable  Americanism  and  un- 
flagging zeal  won  the  whole-hearted  gratitude  of 
every  loyal  citizen.  Through  the  long  months, 
whether  things  went  well  or  ill,  when  plans  were 
brought  to  quick  consummation  or  program  went 
awry.  Dr.  Bailey  never  failed  an  issife  or  permitted 
his  idealism  to  fall  below  the  highest  measure  of 
accomplishment. 

On  the  night  of  May  10,  1919,  the  Victory  Loan 
passed  into  history — with  the  usual  record  of  over- 
subscription. Much  had  been  asked — and  more 
given — given  with  the  spirit  of  generous  patriotisim 
that  marked  every  Santa  Clara  County,  every  San 
Jose  wartime  endeavor.  The  men  and  women  at 
home  backed  up  the  fighting  lads  in  the  reeking 
trenches  with  every  atom  of  energy,  Svith  the  full 
strength  of  honest  effort;  to  ' '  the  last  man  and  the 
last  dollar" — not  alone  for  the  glory  and  the  honor 
and  the  permanence  of  these  United  States,  but 
that  Liberty  might  not  perish  from  the  earth. 
NATIONAL  DEFENDERS  CLUB,  SAN  JOSE 

With  the  establishment  of  Camp  Fremont,  only  20 
miles  away,  and  soldiers  coming  to  San  Jose  by 
hundreds,  a  place  had  to  be  provided  where  they 
might  rest,  read  and  write — and  eat.  The  Chamber 
of  Commerce  lost  no  time.  Its  president,  Dr.  W.  C. 
Bailey,  immediately  appointed  Charles  R.  Parkin- 
son chairman  of  a  committee  to  provide  a  soldiers ' 
Recreation  Fund.  A  discussion  of  ways  and  means 
caused  someone  to  remember  an  old  fund  left  over 
from  the  time  when  San  Jose  had  a  Rose  Carnival. 
This  fund,  amounting  to  several  hundred  dollars, 
with  accrued  interest,  was  in  the  hands  of  the  Rose 
Carnival  treasurer,  Alexander  Hart.  Turned  over 
to  the  recreation  committee,  this  fund  made  possible 
the  opening  of  the  rest  rooms  for  soldiers  and  sail- 
ors in  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  building. 

The  boys  kept  coming  and  the  needs  increased. 
If  this  place  was  to  approximate  home  to  the  boys 


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in  uniform  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  must  have 
help.  Accordingly  a  committee  of  eight  was  a]i- 
pointed  by  the  Women's  National  Council  of  De- 
fense to  co-operate  with  the  Chamber  of  Commerce. 
Members  of  this  important  committee  were  Mru 
Nicholas  Bowden,  Mrs.  D.  A.  Beattie,  Mrs.  Lester 
Morse,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Davey,  Mrs.  W.  L.  Woodrow,  Mrs. 
J.  E.  Hancock,  Mrs.  Louis  Sonniksen,  Mrs.  B.  R. 
Johnston  and  Mrs.  Charles  R.  Parkinson,  chairman. 

Women 's  hands  touched  with  magic  the  big  con- 
vention hall  at  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  trans- 
forming it  into  a  club  riJom  bright  with  chintz,  at- 
tractive with  flowers,  inviting  to  rest  with  great 
cushion-heaped  couches  and  easy  chairs.  Piano, 
Vietrola,  pool  and  billiard  tables  and  games  were 
there  to  help  lift  the  shadow  from  lonely  hours. 
An  adjoining  room  offered  books,  magazines  and 
newspapers.  Here  an  abundance  of  writing  mate- 
rials made  possible  the  letters  to  mother  and  father 
— and  the  sweetheart — back  home.  Remembering 
that  while  the  soldier  might  ' '  live  without  books  ' ' 
no  civilized  doughboy  could  ' '  live  without  cooks, ' ' 
another  room  turned  into  a  very  modern  kitchen — 
and  the  canteen  opened  for  service  in  November, 
1917, — a  service  of  a  (whatsoever  kind.  The  open- 
ing reception  was  attended  by  200  boys  from  Camp 
Fremont. 

Forty  women  made  themselves  responsible  for  the 
club.  Each  of  these  women,  provided  with  six  help- 
ers, served  one  day  a  month.  Women  enrolled  for 
this  practical  service  numbered  200.  Mrs.  W.  L. 
Woodrow  was  appointed  chairman  of  the  canteen; 
Mrs.  Frank  Lieb,  secretary;  Mrs.  S.  A.  Appleton, 
treasurer;  Mrs.  Charles  B.  Parkinson,  director  of 
service. 

The  War  Camp  Community  Service  created  by 
the  War  Department  to  direct  community  activities 
near  all  army  camps  had  given  over  the  establishing 
of  these  needed  soldier-clubs  to  the  National  League 
for  Women 's  Service.  These  activities  became 
standardized  under  the  name  of  "National  Defend- 
ers' Club".  Under  this  n^me  hundreds  of  soldiers 
daily  learned  to  know  and  love  them.  With  tin 
name  came  the  dignified  and  becoming  uniform, 
giving  the  plainest  of  evidence  that  the  women  'were 
there  for  service  and  not  to  patronize  the  men  of 
the  army.  Certain  high  standards  were  adopted  for 
the  women  serving  as  well  as  for  the  men  using  the 
club. 

Every  visitor  commented  on  the  atmosphere  of 
the  room.  There  was  an  intangible  something  tliat 
made  the  men  feel  that  this  was  their  club,  where 
they  might  follow  their  own  inclination.  Each  one 
of  them  proved  himself  to  be  both  soldier  and  gen- 
tleman. The  club  grew  from  216  men  to  over  2200. 
The  whole  community  became  interested.  Long 
lists  of  women  workers  were  added  to  help  on  tlu 
busy  Wednesday  and  Saturday  camp  half -holiday  t 
and  on  Sunday  when  the  clubroom  overflowed. 

And  the  food!  Just  like  mother  used  to  make! 
No  matter  how  many  hungry  boys  came  there  was 
no  limit  to  the  supply  of  real  home-made  cakes  an  ' 
pies,  salads,  and  strawberry  shortcake — with 
whipped   cream!      Whole   chests   of   berries,     great 


heaping  boxes  of  peaches,  pears  and  apricots  came 
from  the  busy  ranchers  who  were  not  too  busy  to 
remember  the  boys. 

The  soldiers  didn  't  write  all  the  letters  that  bore 
the  stamp  of  their  club.  Many  letters  were  written 
that  they  never  knew  about — fwritten  by  the  moth- 
erly women  here  to  cheer  the  hearts  of  the  waiting 
mothers  in  far-away  homes. 

With  its  unique  organization,  the  Defenders'  Club 
gave  many  patriotic  services.  There  were  special 
suppers  served  to  members  of  band,  members  who 
came  to  attend  special  patriotic  demonstrations. 
Groups  of  loyal  women  served  luncheons  to  the  War 
Work  Council,  a  committee  serving  in  conjuction 
with  the  Red  Cross  chairman.  Another  group  can- 
ned and  preserved  fruits  for  use  at  the  canteen  and 
the  base  hospital.  When  the  dread  influenza  epi- 
demic closed  the  canteen  to  the  soldiers,  the  Rf 
Cross  and  charitable  organizations  appealed  for 
help.  The  canteen  became  the  cooking  and  dis- 
tributing center  for  the  relief  of  influenza  sufferers 
among  the  poor.  For  seven  weeks  -this  work  was 
carried  on,  giving  assistance  to  over  200  families, 
representing  about  600  influenza  sufferers.  At  one 
time  seven  "soup  routes"  were  maintained  that  the 
sick  migiht  regularly  be  supplied  with  nourishing 
food.  Medical  supplies  Hvere  donated  and  automo- 
biles supplied  to  assist  the  nurses  in  going  quickly 
from  case  to  ease. 

Upon  the  abandoning  of  Camp  Fremont  the  Na- 
tional Defenders '  Club  was  closed — dishes  and  fur- 
nishings were  given  to  worthy  charities  and  to  the 
center  for  women  in  industry,  established  by  the 
Y.  W.  C.  A..  Only  the  300  or  more  women  who 
never  stopped  working  for  a  day  or  a  night  can  tell 
what  patriotism  and  love  burned  with  a  constant 
flame  to  keep  the  home  fires  bright  for  the  lonely 
homesick  boys — and  only  the  20,000  or  more  men 
who  visited  the  canteen  can  tell  what  it  meant  to 
them. 
NATIONAL  DEFENDERS'  CLUB,  PALO  ALTO 

Perhaps  the  one  department  of  war  work  under 
the  direction  of  the  Women's  Committee  that  may 
have  reached  a  little  farther  than  some  of  the  ot' 
Iwas  the  canteen.  With  the  establishment  of  Camp 
Fremont,  at  Palo  Alto,  not  only  the  community  but 
the  entire  county  awakened  to  the  immediate  need 
of  a  place  approximating  home  to  the  soldier.  The 
canteen  answered  that  need.  The  Palo  Alto  De- 
fenders '  Club,  of  which  Mrs.  J.  G.  Sharp  was  presi- 
dent, quickly  transformed  the  big  hall  over  the 
postoffice  (100x95  feet)  into  an  ideal  soldiers'  club. 
Opened  April  2,  1918,  it  became  the  fourth  largest 
club,  serving  more  than  102,000  men  during  its  year 
of  activity. 

Patriotic  women  active  in  the  canteen  's  founding 
and  success  were  Mrs.  Parker  S.  Maddux,  county 
chairman  of  the  National  League  for  Women's 
Service,  aided  by  Mrs.  Howard  Waterman  and  an 
advisory  board  consisting  of  Mrs.  David  Starr  Jor- 
dan, Mrs.  R.  L.  Wilbur,  Mrs.  John  M.  Mitchell, 
Mrs.  H.  Clay  Miller,  Mrs.  H.  J.  Moule,  Mrs.  David 
Marx  and  Mrs.  Horatio  Stebbins. 

The  club  chairman  to  whose  efforts  the  canteen 


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owes  much  of  its  success,  was  Mrs.  James  G.  Sharp, 
who  found  an  able  lieutenant  in  the  secretary,  Mrs. 
B.  Gallegos.  The  canteen  was  run  by  Mrs.  Payson 
Treat  and  Miss  Effie  McGilvray,  aided  by  the  fol- 
lowing captains:  Mrs.  Frederick  Wheeler,  Mrs. 
Flett,  Mrs.  H.  J.  Moule,  Mrs.  W.  B.  Allen,  Mrs.  Otis 
Briggs,  Mrs.  E.  J.  Hughes,  Mrs.  Theopilus  Allen, 
Mrs.  J.  P.  Tatlock  and  Mrs.  J.  Conover.  A  special 
group  from  Los  Gatoa  fvvas  headed  by  Mrs.  Editli 
Cameron  and  Mrs.  Dolores  Willtins  Kent. 

The  War  Camp  Community  Service  Commission 
had  expended  $2000  on  improvements  to  the  loft 
used;  but  the  furniture  was  all  donated  by  inter- 
ested citizens.  This  furniture  was  all  painted  and 
upholstered  by  a  committee  under  the  leadership  of 
Mrs.  H.  Stark.  The  club  had  many  activities.  There 
was  a  well  equipped  auto  corps;  a  canning  corps;  an 
entertainment  corps,  and  a  fruit  conservation  corps 
under  Mrs.  Parker  S.  Maddux  and  Mrs.  E.  J. 
Thomas.  This  fruit  conservation  committee,  with 
centers  in  San  Jose,  Mountain  View,  Los  Altos, 
Campbell,  Los  Gatos  and  Palo  Alto,  collected  and 
saved  over  a  ton  of  fruit.  The  Palo  Alto  Canteen, 
like  the  one  in  San  Jose,  became  the  center  for  re- 
lief during  the  influenza  epidemic. 

This  Palo  Alto  Canteen,  to  which  more  than 
102,000  soldiers  came  for  a  glimpse  of  home,  made  it 
a  home  in  which  there  was  no  lack  of  entertainment. 
In  addition  to  the  books,  the  music,  the  billiard 
tables,  magazines,  writing  facilities  and  every  ap- 
pointment of  a  perfect  club,  there  were  splendid 
concerts  once  or  twice  a  week  and  many  interesting 
receptions  to  noted  Belgian,  French  and  Russian 
deputations. 

Departmental  heads  whose  faithful  service  con- 
tributed to  the  success  of  this  soldiers'  club  were: 
Clerking,  Mrs.  Howard  Morrow;  information,  Mrs. 
William  Houston;  cigars  and  tobacco,  Mrs.  G.  G. 
Williamson;  treasurer,  Mrs.  Sam  Vandervoort; 
service  lists.  Miss  Margaret  Evans;  entertainment, 
Mrs.  John  Dunker;   library.  Miss  Patterson. 

Other  activities  included  in  the  Santa  Clara 
County  record  of  service  to  the  soldier  are  the 
Hostess  House  of  the  Y.  W.  C.  A.,  which  was  main- 
tained at  Camp  Fremont,  and  the  Hospitality  Center 
in  Palo  Alto,  under  the  direction  of  the  same  organ- 
ization. The  Hostess  House,  the  place  where  wife, 
mother,  sister,  sweetheart  or  friend  met  the  soldier, 
scene  of  meetings  and  partings,  of  marriages  and 
Enunciations,  carried  on  its  wonderful  work  under 
the  direction  of  the  following  committee:  Mrs. 
Parker  S.  Maddux,  chairman;  Mrs.  H.  L.  Terwilliger, 
Mrs.  Frederic  Fowler,  Mrs.  Bay  Lyman  Wibur  and 
Mrs.  Joseph  Sloss.  Mrs.  Selah  Chamberlain  of 
San  Mateo  county  served  as  a  member  of  this  com- 
mittee. 

Following  the  evacuation  of  Camp  Fremont,  the 
Hostess  House  was  moved  to  Palo  Alto,  becoming 
the  city 's  community  center. 

The  Hospitality  Center  of  the  Y.  W.  C.  A.  War 
Council,  at  166  University  avenue  (in  the  same 
building  with  the  War  Camp  Community  Service); 
did  some  notably  fine  work  with  its  employment 
bureau,  its  temporary  and  permanent  housing  lists, 

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especially  for  soldiers'  families.  The  hospitality 
of  the  center  extended  to  the  giving  of  teas  anu" 
sewing  bees  as  friendly  greetings  to  lonelj'  women. 
Serving  on  this  committee  were  Mrs.  Jerome 
Thomas,  Mrs.  Jack  Prior,  Mrs.  Joseph  Taff,  Mrs. 
Gertrude  Jones,  Mrs.  H.  M.  Simpkins,  Miss  Harriet 
Bradford  and  Mrs.  Kate  Parrott  Gorringe. 

No  list  of  names,  no  bare  recital  of  facts  can  tell 
the  story  of  the  immeasurable  service  given  by  the 
canteen  to  the  soldier  and  sailor.  Into  this  service 
poured  the  patriotism  of  loyal  hearts.  Into  its  silent 
building  of  character  and  the  strengthening  of 
morale  went  the  unstinted  labor  of  women's  hands. 

This  Palo  Alto  canteen,  witK  its  wonderful  record 
of  service,  was  but  the  outward  expression  of  the 
patriotism  that  thrilled  the  hearts  of  America's 
V'omen  and  prompted  them  to  bring  to  camp  ana 
cantonment  the  protection  and  inspiration  of  home. 
BED  CROSS 
Like  a  dominantly  sympathetic  melody  running 
through  tlie  intricasies  of  wonderful  music  the 
warm  heartbeat  of  the  Bed  Cross,  palpitant  with 
love;  throbbed  through  all  war  activities,  it  was 
first,  last  and  tenderest,  best.  In  this  service  was 
more  of  sacrifice,  more  of  tears,  of  prayers  of  pain 
that  met  in  other  fields  of  endeavor.  It  was  an 
every  day  service,  too.  It  met  every  need — "to  the 
most  common  needs  of  sun  and  candlelight."  There 
was  nothing  so  small  that  it  was  overlooked;  noth- 
ing too  great  to  attempt — for  "our  boys"  and  the 
cause  of  humanity  everywhere. 

Great  emblazoned  Red  Cross  mercy  emblems 
against  the  murk  of  battle  smoke  1  It  was  a  great 
light  shining  against  the  darkness  of  death  and  de- 
vastation and  horror!  And  it  shone  from  the  rooms 
where  the  surgical  dressings  and  garments  Were 
made  here  to  the  battlefields  of  France. 

The  chapter  of  war  work  that  is  written  in 
heart's  blood  and  glorified  by  sacrifice  is  that  of 
local  Bed  Cross  accomplishment. 

From  May  27,  1917,  when  Dr.  M.  E.  Dailey  re- 
ceived a  telegram  from  John  J.  Clymer,  director  of 
the  Pacific  Division  of  the  Bed  Cross,  appointing  a- 
meeting  in  San  Francisco  to  arrange  the  war  pro- 
gram, until  months  after  the  guns  were  silenced 
every  "quota"  requested  of  the  local  chapter  was 
met — met  with  a  measure  ' '  full  and  running  over. ' ' 

At  the  beginning  of  the  war  the  San  Jose  Bed 
Cross  Chapter's  officers  were  Dr.  M.  E.  Dailey, 
chairman;  Mrs.  W.  P.  Dougherty,  vice  chairman; 
V.  J.  LaMotte,  treasurer,  and  W.  T.  Bambo,  secre- 
tary. Dr.  Dailey  and  W.  T.  Bambo  shared  the  hon- 
ors of  continuity  in  Red  Cross  service  from  the  time 
of  the  first  local  organization  until  press  of  many 
duties  forced  Dr.  Dailey  to  resign  the  chairmanship 
in  July  1918.  E.  N.  Bichmond  accepted  the  chair- . 
manship  and  Dr.  James  B.  Bullitt  general  manager 
at  that  time  and  the  tremendous  success  of  every 
Red  Cross  undertaking  is  largely  due  to  the  untir- 
ing zeal  in  the  great  work  of  merciful  relief. 

Among  the  financial  achievements  of  the  l0'3al 
chapter  are  the  two  big  drives  for  funds,  the  first 
in  June,  1917,  under  the  direction  of  Samuel  G. 
Tompkins.     The  second  in  May,  1918,  immediately 


WAR  HISTORY  OF  SANTA  CLARA  COUNTY 


followed  the  Third  Liberty  Loan  campaign  and  was 
conducted  by  the  combined  machinery  of  the  Wo- 
man's Army  and  the  War  Work  Council.  For  this 
second  drive  with  W.  G.  Bailey  chairman,  the  or- 
gaiii/atioii  was  j-orfected  within  two  days  and  witu 
the  co-operation  of  the  entire  county  the  fund  of 
$410,000  v/ith  an  oversubscription  of  $22,667  rolled 
into  the  Red  Cross  coffers  between  May  20  and  27. 
More  than  $300,000  was  raised  in  these  two  cam- 
paigns.   Nor  was  it  all  in  large  amounts. 

At  a  certain  institution  a  dear  old  gentleman  in- 
quired timidly  if  one  could  give  "less  than  $100?'" 
Upon  being  assured  that  any  gift  was  a  welcome 
one  he  took  40  cents  and  an  almost  empty  tobacco 
pouch  from  his  pocket.  After  a  smilingly  whim- 
sical look  at  the  depleted  pouch  he  returned  it  to 
his  pocket  and  gave  all  that  he  had — 40  cents — to 
the  Bed  Gross.  He  gave  up  the  solace  of  his  pipe — 
and  it  was  a  very  real  sacrifice. 

A  whitehaired,  sweet-faced  old  lady  held  a  whis- 
pered consultation  with  the  campaigner.  "  I  've 
just  received  a  check  for  $100,"  she  whispered.  "1 
don't  need  it — they  give  me  plenty  to  eat  and  1 
haven't  any  wants — I'll  just  endorse  it  and  turn  it 
right  over  to  the  Red  Gross!  "  No  wants!  She  just 
forget  them — to  help  some  one  else.  That  $100 
must  have  saved  a  boy 's  life — over  there.  In  this 
certain  institution  there  were  just  33  old  people. 
The  youngest  was  68,  the  oldest  97.  Their  hearts 
beat  young  with  the  love  for  humanity  and  throb- 
bed in  time  to  martial  music — for  each  gave  some- 
thing. In  the  window  of  the  Pratt  Home  hung  the 
proudest  honor  flag  in  town. 

With  its  members  numbering  100,  the  first  Red 
Cross  membership  drive  in  April,  1917,  was  con- 
ducted by  Mrs.  A.  A.  Fowler.  The  Red  Gross  Christ- 
mas Boll  Call  that  commenced  December  11,  1917, 
under  the  direction  of  the  Woman's  Army  added 
more  than  17,300  names.  By  this  time  the  little 
Bed  Cross  button  was  more  honored  than  all  the 
royal  insigna  in  the  world. 

The  first  year  of  Red  Cross  work — sewing  and 
knitting — was  not  an  easy  one.  The  work  was  new. 
Patterns  were  hard  to  obtain — but  rules  were  many 
— and  couldn't  be  broken.  It  "was  difficult  for 
women  to  understand  that  this  work  had  to  be 
"just  so."  We  coudn't  understand  why  we  were 
not  allowed  "to  take  it  home  and  do  it  our  way.'' 
The  Red  Gross  became  quite  insistent  upon  its  way 
— and  that  way  proved  best.  Women  learned  their 
lessons  in  soldierly  discipline  and  at  every  "for- 
ward" order  took  trench  after  trench  with  knitting 
needles  and  whirring  machines. 

Early  in  April  came  the  plea  for  funds  with 
which  to  purchase  material  for  the  making  of  hos- 
pital garments.  These  appeals  alternated  with  the 
ones  for  old  inen,  old  muslin,  bedspreads,  and  turk- 
ish  towels.  Three  rooms  in  the  New  Century  build- 
ing at  the  corner  of  Second  and  Santa  Glara  streets, 
were  donated  by  the  De  Saisset  estate  for  the  surg- 
ical dressing  department  of  the  Red  Gross.  In  these 
rooms  the  first  little  coterie  of  loyal  women  gath- 
ered to  do  "  whatsoever  their  hands  found  to  do " 
for  those  who  suffered  across  the  sea. 


On  June  12  the  garment  rooms  opened  at  41  South 
Second  street,  their  use  being  kindly  donated  by  the 
Phelan  estate  through  Mr.  A.  C.  Darby. 

On  June  19  came  the  first  call  for  comfort  bags 
for  the  boys  of  Companies  B  and  M,  then  stationed 
in  Nevada.  The  W.  C.  T.  U.  assisted  in  preparing 
125  comfort  bags.  Though  shipped  immediately 
through  some  inadventenee  they  failed  to  reach  the 
boys  until  almost  a  year  later  when  a  letter  of 
thanks  arrived.  It  came  from  Captain  L.  La  Hue, 
and  was  written  before  sailing  for  France. 

The  first  work  under  the  direction  of  Mrs.  Hob- 
son  was  prepared  by  Mrs.  David  Burnett,  Mrs.  8. 
Van  Dalsem,  Mrs.  W.  B.  Wilson,  Mrs.  Fillipello, 
Mrs.  R.  Syer,  Mrs.  A.  D.  DuBrutz,  the  Misses  Do- 
rothy White,  Ida  Wehner,  Sybil  Hayes,  Miriam 
Hayes,  Geeille  Brooke  and  Miss  Chapman. 

The  first  cutting  of  garments  was  done  by  Mcs- 
dames  W.  Gross  W.  Van  Dalsem,  P.  F.  Gosbey,  8. 
W.  Gilchrist,  Arthur  Langford,  Charles  Wayland, 
Walter  Murray,  W.  G.  Alexander,  George  Muirson, 
Ernest  Conant,  L.  Blackford  and  other  willing  vol- 
unteers whose  names  failed  to  be  recorded. 

The  first  society  to  volunteer  as  a  society  was 
the  P.  E.  O..  organization.  These  ladies  offered 
their  services  through  Mrs.  W.  G.  Bailey  and  worked 
through  the  entire  war  period  later  taking  charge 
of  the  knitting  rooms  at  the  Theatre  building. 

Work  increased,  more  and  more  women  knitted 
and  sewed;  auxiliaries  formed  throughout  the 
county  and  late  in  the  fall  of  1917  the  production 
and  garment  rooms  were  moved  from  South  Sec- 
ond street  to  a  suite  of  fiye  rooms  in  the  Theatre 
building. 

San  Jose  had  many  busy  Bed  Gross  circles,  each 
doing  its  valiant  best  under  a  capable  chairman 
to  keep  us  up  with  the  quotas  alloted — quotas  of 
hospital  garments,  knitted  garments  and  surgical 
dressings.  Among  those  circles  were  St.  Vincent's 
circle,  Mrs.  W.  P.  Dougherty,  chairman,  Eastera 
Star  circle,  Mrs.  A.  B.  Langford  chairman;  College 
Park  circle,  Mrs.  M.  Gandee,  chairman;  Morelaud 
circle,  Mrs.  LeRoy  Anderson  chairman;  Hester  cir- 
cle, Mrs.  Elizabeth  Smith,  chairman;  Y.  W.  C.  A. 
circle,  Mrs.  Mary  Bolan  chairman;  Normal  Training 
school.  Miss  Margaret  Gleason,  chairman;  School 
Women's  club.  Miss  Edith  O'Brien,  chairman;  La- 
dies of  Macabees,  Mrs.  Nellie  Thompson,  chairman; 
Bachael  Fox  Union  circle  at  Burbank,  Mrs.  Maude 
P.  Boynton,  chairman;  Glen  Eyrie  W.  G.  T.  U.  cir- 
cle, Mrs.  A.  C.  Saunders,  chairman. 

Of  these  circles  St.  Vincent's,  organized  by  a 
score  of  Catholic  societies,  with  Mrs.  W.  P.  Dough- 
erty president,  and  Mrs.  G.  F.  Brattan  first  vice 
president,  had  the  distinction  of  being  the  largest 
auxiliary.  With  more  than  3000  Sisters  of  Charity, 
beside  the  hundreds  of  Fathers  of  the  church  admin- 
istering in  every  war-tome  country,  St.  Vincent's 
circle  had  a  deep  incentive  fot  its  never  flagging 
zeal  of  patriotic  endeavor  under  the  banner  of  the 
Red  Cross. 

This  "pioneer"  year  in  war  work  was  filled  with 
difficulties,  but  it  perfected  an  organization,  and 
when  the  report  came  in  for  the  first  year's  work, 


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accomplished  under  the  guidance  of  Mrs.  W.  B. 
Hobson,  it  was  a  document  of  which  to  be  prouiT. 
The  1917  total  receipts  were  $20,401.61.  Disburse- 
ments only  $926.30.  Twenty-six  boxes  of  finished 
boxes  hail  been  shipped.  Total  number  of  articles 
completed  by  the  San  Jose  chapter,  22,287.  Every 
garment  with  buttonholes  that  started  on  its  jour- 
ney to  "somewhere"  was  a  silent  tribute  to  the 
thoughtfulness  of  the  Ormsby  Shirt  company — for 
they  made  every  buttonhole. 

In  July,  1917,  a  group  of  San  Jose  women  eager 
for  practical  service  remembered  that  2700  men  of 
the  marine  corps  would  soon  be  going  to  the  trenches 
and  that  all  sailormen  needed  warm  knitted  gar- 
ments. These  women  formed  a  branch  of  the  Navy 
League,  opened  headquarters  at  14  East  San  An- 
tonio street.  Here  they  turned  gray  yarn  into 
socks  and  sweaters,  wristlets,  helmets  and  scarfs, 
keeping  steadily  at  their  self-imposed  task  until 
midsummer  of  1918,  when  their  organization 
merged  into  the  Ked  Cross.  During  this  period 
more  than  1800  knitted  garments  were  finished 
through  the  efforts  of  the  following  small  coterie 
of  loyal  women:  Mrs.  Wilmer  J.  Gross,  Mrs.  Thomas 
Blanehard,  Mrs.  Dave  Burnett,  Miss  Prances  Schal- 
lenberger,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Carter,  Mrs.  Floyd  Stull, 
Miss  Carrie  Fosgate,  Miss  Mary  Bean,  Marge  Gil- 
christ, Florence  Clayton,  Mrs.  Chas.  B.  Parkinson, 
Mrs.  Thomas  H.  Reed,  Mrs.  William  McCormick, 
Mrs.  Douglas  Sim,  Miriam  Hayes  and  Miss  Eugenia 
Burns,  who  acted  as  chairman. 

Following  the  resignation  of  Mrs.  W.  B.  Hobson 
the  Red  Cross  burden  of  responsibility  for  1918 
came  into  the  bravely  firm  hands  of  Mrs.  Arthur 
Langford.  The  new  leader  "took  the  helm"  Janu- 
ary 30,  1918,  and  very  soon  afterward  the  rooms  in 
the  New  Century  building  were  closed  and  all  de- 
partments centered  at  the  Theater  building.  Miss  ' 
Ida  Wehner  took  charge  of  the  knitting  rooms.  Miss 
Branham  filled  the  post  of  instructor  in  the  surg- 
ical supply  rooms  with  Miss  Florence  Carter  sub- 
chairman.  Miss  Dora  Burns  supervised  the  sewing 
department  and  the  packing  for  shipment  came  un- 
der the  direction  of  Miss  Emma  M.  Buck  and  Mrs. 
Mary  L.  Standon.  Mrs.  J.  B.  Roberts  took  charge 
of  the  information  bureau. 

Miss  Emma  M.  Buck  and  Mrs.  Mary  L.  Stanton 
deserve  a  decoration — the  highest  and  best  it  would 
be  possible  to  give.  These  two  splendidly  patriotic 
and  capable  San  Jose  women  volunteered  their  serv- 
ices with  the  first  call  for  workers  and  "stayed 
with  the  job"  until  the  Ked  Cross  rooms  finally 
closed.  Through  heat  and  cold,  whether  they  were 
well  or  ill,  at  whatever  sacrifice  of  time  and  com- 
fort, they  were  always  at  their  posts  of  duty,  a' 
ways  to  be  depended  upon,  and  many  are  the  sin- 
cere tributes  paid  to  their  loyalty  by  those  who 
had  the  work  in  charge. 

The  Junior  Ked  Cross,  under  the  leadership  at 
first  of  Miss  Q.  A.  Rogers  and  later  of  Frances 
Schallenberger,  Vvas  organized  in  December,  1917, 
and  entered  actively  into  the  work  of  mercy  with 
the  opening  of  1918.  No  enumeration  of  garments 
knitted,  of  garments  made,  can  estimate  the  work 


of  the  Junior  Red  Cross.  Its  members  made  no 
"junior"  sacrifice.  They  equalled  in  service  every- 
thing accomplished  by  the  chapters  of  older  folk. 
Their  work  was  beautifully  done  and  not  for  a  day 
did  their  efforts  lessen.  Even  with  the  closing 
of  the  war,  with  the  nailing  up  and  shipping  of  the 
last  box  of  "war  relief"  their  work  did  not  cease. 
The  Junior  Ked  Cross  remembered  that  people  over- 
seas still  suffered  for  lack  of  what  willing  hands 
could  supply  and  the  making  of  garments,  the  sac- 
rificing to  secure  funds  went  right  on. 

During  1917  the  Red  Cross  work  rooms  were  only 
open  upon  certain  days.  After  the  beginning  of 
1918  they  were  open  all  day,  every  day — with  ever 
the  call  for  more  women  to  help. 

There  was  no  more  evading  the  gravity  of  the 
world's  need.  Armagedon  was  on — and  our  boys 
were  there.  From  the  man-made  inferno  of  reek- 
ing horror  and  bloody  wounds  and  death  those  boys 
looked  to  us  for  help — for  life  itself.  Tirelessly, 
day  after  day,  inspired  by  Mrs.  Langford 's  splendid 
spirit  of  self-sacrifice  the  Red  Cross  met  every  de- 
mand. During  1918  the  department  of  Red  Cross 
military  relief  was  administered  by  Colonel  Phil 
Hersey.  That  of  civilian  relief  came  under  the  di' 
rection  of  Prof.  C.  M..  Osenbaugh,  and  later  Henry 
G.  Hill,  with  Miss  Margaret  Gilchrist,  secretary 
supported  by  the  following  named  committee — Miiss 
Nellie  Evans,  Mrs.  Frank  Reidy,  Miss  Dorothy 
Donovan,  Mrs.  A.  D.  Grant,  Miss  Anita  Colombet 
and  Miss  Bernice  Tompkins. 

The  disbursement  of  funds  for  civilian  relief  fre- 
quently amounted  to  more  than  $500  per  month, 
and  as  the  assistance  extended  to  the  families  of 
men  in  service.  There  was  everything  to  do  from 
supplying  food  to  arranging  funerals.  There  were 
wives  and  mothers  and  children  in  dire  need  be- 
cause of  delayed  allotmentns  and  for  every  need 
the  civilian  and  military  relief  departments  of  the 
Red  Cross  had  generous  help  to  give. 

During  this  year  the  Christian  Science  comforts 
forward  station  opened  headquarters  on  North 
First  street,  and  from  this  quiet  center  great  quan- 
tities of  clothing,  knitted  garments  and  warm  bed- 
ding found  their  way  overseas.  The  idea  of  salvage 
spread  rapidly  after  the  starting  of  the  first  salv- 
age and  shop  in  Los  Angeles.  San  Jose's  salvage 
and  shop  opened  June  15,  1918,  with  H.  M.  War- 
ren, manager.  With  the  slogan  ' '  trash  makes  cash  ' ' 
the  venture  was  a  success  from  the  beginning.  Mrs. 
Louis  Sonniksen  and  Mrs.  W.  B.  Hobson  served  as 
"pricing  committee."  Florence  Clayton  acted  as 
city  organizer  and  Mrs.  James  C.  Higbee  took 
charge  of  the  county  branch  of  collectors.  Mrs.  E. 
A.  Francis  volunteered  for  office  manager  and  Mrs. 
E.  O.  Pieper  constituted  the  "motor  corps"  and 
served  faithfully  as  "truck  driver"  in  the  cause  of 
humanity  until  the  shop  closed.  Things  that  seemed 
^f  no  value  turned  into  Trash  veritably  became 
"cash."  Everything  from  boots  to  books  wasn't 
enough.  A  fruit  canning  department  turned  out 
delicious  sweet  pickles  and  jelly  and  jam  and  can- 
ned fruit.  It  sold,  too..  The  supply  failed  to  meet 
the  demand. 


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Following  Mr.  Warren,  Charles  L.  Snyder  took 
charge  of  the  salvage  and  shop  and  Mrs.  Louie  King 
became  a  capable  manager,  serving  as  a  patriotic 
volunteer  wifh  her  corps  of  "enlisted  women"  un- 
til the  need  for  this  branch  of  Red  Cross  activity 
ceased.  Enormous  amounts  of  "salvage"  came  to 
the  shop  and  through  the  able  administration  o' 
this  Red  Cross  department  by  the  volunteer  work- 
ers the  receipts  from  the  day  of  opening  until  Juno 
2,  1919,  amounted  to  $11,593.80.  With  expenditures 
of  only  $384.48  the  salvage  and  shop  added  a  net 
profit  of  $11,593.32  to  the  great  Red  Cross  mercy 
fund. 

Everything  was  grist  that  came  to  this  mill — and 
every  bit  of  grist  passed  through  the  mill.  This 
unique  shop  had  no  "dead  stock."  One  day  a  well- 
kndwn  man  had  some  business  to  transact  for  the 
Red  Cross.  The  day  was  warm  and  he  removed  his 
perfectly  good  coat.  When  he  went  to  look  for  it, 
it  was  nowhere  to  be  found.  Someone  had  bouglit 
it!  That  man  was  a  patriot!  He  went  home  coat- 
less — but  with  a  smile! 

Mrs.  Arthur  Langford  's  Red  Cross  leadership  ex- 
tended from  January  1,  1918,  to  October  1,  1918. 
Her's  was  a  beautiful  service  performed  as  only  an 
unselfishly  patriotic  American  woman  could  per- 
form it — with  every  bit  of  energy,  both  of  mind 
and  body.  It  was  a  hard  service,  a  wearing  one,  but 
it  paid  for  all  Mrs.  Langford 's  earnest  effort  in 
wonderful  results. 

Slipping  from  Mrs.  Langford  's  tired  shoulders  the 
heavy  burden  came  to  Mrs.  Louis  Sonniksen,  who 
carried  it  from  October,  1918,  to  May  20,  1919, 
when  the  last  quota  was  met,  the  last  box  packed 
and  shipped,  the  production  and  surgical  dressing 
rooms  closed — and  the  last  clickink  knitting  needle 
laid  aside  with  the  fervent  prayer  that  never  again 
would  the  needs  of  war  urge  to  their  task  the  hands 
of  mothers  and  wives,  sisters  and  sweethearts — and 
blessed  gray  grandmothers. 

During  Mrs.  Sonniksen 's  direction  of  chapter 
production,  Miss  Dora  Burns  acted  as  supervisor  of 
the  sewing  rooms.  Miss  Florence  Carter,  Mrs.  Wil- 
liam Osterman  and  Mrs.  Leon  Hirsch  supervised 
the  improtant  work  of  the  surgical  dressing  rooms. 
Mrs.  W.  H.  Davison  had  charge  of  the  knitting,  and 
Mrs.  H.  R.  Tripp  supervised  the  cutting. 

This  final  period  of  Bed  Cross  activity,  following 
the  signing  of  the  armistice  called  for  tremendous 
energy  and  enthusiasm.  With  the  firing  of  the  last 
gun  a  feeling  that  the  great  need  no  longer  existed 
was  prevalent.  Women  were  worn  almost  beyond 
the  point  of  endurance.  They  had  knitted  am 
sewed — they  had  fastened  on  the  white  uniforms 
and  white  head  dresses  day  after  day  and  passed 
the  hours  in  the  surgical  dressing  rooms  where 
everything  suggested  wounds  and  horror  and  death. 
It  became  increasingly  difficult  to  hold  them  to 
the  task- — but  Mrs.  Sonniksen  'a  leadership  recog- 
nized nothing  less  than  whole-hearted  service  nor 
any  goal  nearer  than  the  last  call,  whatever  it  might 
be  and  whenever  it  might  come.  To  the  responsi- 
bility of  Red  Cross  work  came  the  burdens  added 
by   the  city's  time  of  stress  during  the  influenza 


epidemic.  This,  too,  was  Red  Cross  work — and  for 
our  very  own.  Masks  had  to  be  made  by  the 
thousand  and  every  day  came  renewed  calls  for 
pneumonia  jackets.  Clear-visioned,  splendidly 
poised,  always  doing  herself  all  and  more  than  she 
ever  asked  of  others,  this  beautifully  loyal  and  ef- 
ficient woman  kindled  enthusiasm  and  kept  the 
Bed  Cross  to  its  task  through  the  days  when  the 
fighting  was  over  and  energy  flagged.  At  the 
canteen  Mrs.  Sonniksen  was  always  in  her  place — 
always  on  dut}'.  No  train  carrying  soldiers  could 
creep  through  San  Jose  even  in  the  night  hours, 
without  finding  Mrs.  Sonniksen  with  the  members 
of  her  canteen  committee  waiting  to  meet  it.  There 
were  not  always  great  gifts  to  give — candy,  gum, 
cigarettes — but  more  than  these  things  was  the 
word  of  welcome  and  the  cheery  smile.  It  never 
failed. 

The  real  story  of  the  final  days  lives  only  in  the 
heart  of  the  leader  the  faithful  Red  Cross  workers 
learned  to  love — the  heart  of  Mrs.  Louis  Sonniksen. 
She  alone  can  tell  the  difficulties  of  completing  the 
task.  To  the  intrepid  women  Iwho  carried  the  re- . 
sponsibility,  to  the  chapter  officers,  to  the  band  of 
women  who  received  medals  for  more  than  800 
hours  of  work,  to  the  members  of  societies  who 
came  day  after  day  to  serve  in  a  "  whatsoever  way 
— to  the  loyalty. and  unswerving  purpose  of  these 
volunteers  San  Jose  owes  the  page  in  its  war  liis- 
tory  that  is  made  beautiful  with  sacrifice. 

There  were  instances  of  service  deserving  more 
than  casual  mention.  Each  of  the  three  women  who 
guided  the  destinies  of  the  Bed  Cross  names  Miss 
Emma  Buck  and  Mrs.  Stanton.  These  two  women 
worked  from  the  first  day  to  the  last.  Mrs.  Her- 
bert Tripp  and  her  mother,  Mrs.  Butler,  and  a  dear 
elderly  woman  named  Mrs.  Caldwell,  came  four  or 
five  afternoons  each  week  to  work  at  the  Red  Gross 
rooms.  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Shaffer,  Mrs.  Arbing,  Mrs. 
Arthur,  Mrs.  Jack  Hardy,  Mrs.  W.  Lathrop,  Mrs. 
Frank  Eley  are  all  mentioned  lovingly  by  those  who 
learned  that  they  ' '  could  always  be  depended 
upon. 

One  notable  service  was  Mrs.  Stockton's.  She 
knitted  dozens  of  pairs  of  socks  and  donated  every 
one  of  them.  Mrs.  DuBrutz,  mother  of  A.  G.  Du 
Brutz,  gave  faithful  service  at  the  surgical  dressing 
and  garment  rooms.  Although  well  along  in  years 
no  physical  disability  kept  this  truly  patriotic 
American  woman  from  shirking  any  duty  that  her 
country  called  upon  her  to  do.  Some  months  ago 
Mrs.  DuBrutz  passed  into  the  shadowland — the  land 
where  clear  records  of  good  deeds  are  kept  on  the 
pages  that  God  turns. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Morehead,  well  past  three-score  and 
ten  years,  although  not  able  to  come  to  the  Rnl 
Cross  rooms,  knitted  beautifully  warm  garments  for 
"our  boys."  She  "called  up"  for  materials  and 
,  instructions  and  perhaps  she  never  has  known  how 
those  who  carried  grave  responsibilities  came  to  de- 
pend upon  her  faithfulness. 

Mrs.  Jack  Hardy  cared  for  an  invalid  husband — 
and  was  one  of  the  willing  burden  bearers  for  the 
Red  Cross.    Another  dear  old  lady  walked  17  blocks 


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every  day  to  the  sewing  rooms  in  order  to  save  tt'r 
onrfare  for  Belgian  relief.  Day  after  day,  month 
after  month,  doing  the  only  service  that  her  tremb- 
ling hands  were  able  to  accomplish — a  necessary 
service,  too — Mrs.  Geofgiana  Newman  pulled  the 
bastings  from  hundreds  of  garments.  She  did  not 
ehoose  her  work  nor  complain  that  it  grew  tin- 
some.    It  was  just  ' '  her  bit. ' ' 

Many  of  the  800-hour  workers  spent  many  more 
hours  than  that  number  of  hours.  Among  them  was 
Hrs.  Mary  Brown,  whose  only  fear  was  that  she 
would  not  do  quite  all  her  part  in  the  great  work 
of  mercy.  Always  at  her  task,  whether  at  the  Red 
Cross  rooms,  sewing  and  knitting  or  home  or  help- 
ing at  the  canteen,  at  any  time  and  place  where  a 
call  came  for  volunteers,  this  one  faithfully  patri- 
otic woman  was  an  inspiration  to  all  those  whose 
lives  touched  hers. 

Names,  names,  names!  What  a  roll  of  honor 
could  be  compiled  by  the  Red  Cross!  How  inesti- 
mable its  service  to  humanity!  How  incomparable 
its  gracious  bringing  together  into  closer  harmony 
and  sympathetic  understanding  all  women  whose 
hearts  had  been  beating  in  tune  all  through  the  pre- 
war days  only  they  hadn  't  known  it. 

Statistics  are  not  often  interesting;  but  the  Red 
Cross  figures  of  accomplishment  should  be  emblaz- 
oned in  letters  of  flame. 

From  May,  1917,  to  May,  1918,  the  sewing  rooms 
completed  8133  pairs  of  pajamas.  Of  knitted  gar- 
ments: socks,  sweaters,  wristlets,  helmets,  mufflers, 
shawls  and  stockings — a  total  of  190,025.  There 
were  in  this  quota  12,806  socks  and  3662  heaters. 

For  the  same  period  the  production  of  the  surgical 
dressing  rooms  amounted  to  228,264  articles,  inclu<i- 
ing  5-yard  rolls,  pads,  pneumonia  jackets,  masks, 
compresses,  drains,  tampons,  bandages,  front  lino 
parcels,  heel  rings  and  sponges.  Of  compresses  alone 
there  were  183,  723  made. 

Refugee  work  comprised  3032  garments.  Among 
them  were  house  gowns,  undershirts  (8  years), 
chemise  (8  years),  and  new  garments. 

Of  miscellaneous  garments  there  were  26,30" 
completed.  This  list  included  aviators  jackets, 
pillow  cases,  bed  socks,  helpless  case  shirts,  pajama 
trousers,  boys'  suit,  boys'  trousers,  drawers,  under- 
shirts, underdrawers,  bed  shirts,  ambulance  covers, 
ambulance  pillows,  ice  bag  covers,  eonvalescen' 
covers,  bed  jackets  hot  water  bag  covers,  girls '  pet- 
ticoats, girls'  dresses,  napkins,  scrub  cloths,  wash 
cloths,  handkerchiefs,  tray  cloths,  quilt,  comfort 
bags,  operating  leggins,  sheets,  unhemmed  squares. 

For  local  use  the  production  rooms  completed  266 
pneumonia  jackets  and  2800  masks. 

From  May,  1917,  to  May,  1918,  the  garments  and 
surgical  dressings  numbered  152,487.  From  May, 
1918,  to  May,  1919,  the  production  totaled  153,338. 
For  the  entire  period  dressings  and  garments  num- 
beerd  287,825. 

Nor  was  the  Junior  Red  Cross  doing  "junior" 
work  along  the  lines  of  production.  With  a  junior 
membership  of  13,120  the  garments  produced  were 
2316. 

The  Home  Service  Department  of  the  Red  Cross 


assisted  1452  families  during  the  months  from  May, 
1918,  to  April  30,  1919.  The  money  expended 
amounted  to  $6,488.88,  and  of  this  disbursement 
$2,178.33  was  returned. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  activities  the  officers  of 
the  local  Red  Cross  chapter  were  E.  N.  Richmond, 
chairman;  8.  G.  Tompkins,  vice  chairman;  W.  T. 
Ram  bo,  secretary;  V.  J.  LaMotte,  treasurer;  James 

B.  Bullitt,  manager;  chapter  production,  Mrs.  Louis 
Sonniksen;  civilian  relief,  Henry  G.  Hill;  publicity, 
Maude  C.  Pilkington;  finance,  Arthur  E.  Holmes; 
chapter  school,  C.  S.  Allen;  canteen,  Charles  R. 
Parkinson;  salvage  and  shop,  Charles  L.  Snyder. 

Names  and  figures  are  cold  things.  If  you  write 
them  in  the  color  of  warm  human  blood  and  read 
them  by  the  light  of  sacrifice,  you  will  find  the 
mercy  emblem  of  the  Red  Cross  lifted  high  above 
everything.  Its  story  lives  in  heart  throbs  as  it 
lived  all  through  the  dark  days  of  waiting  and 
watching  and  praying  and  working.  We  count  t'"' 
garments  and  the  hours.  God  has  caught  in  his 
chalice  of  His  everlasting  memory  all  the  tears — 
and  the  heartaches — and  the  loss.  It  was  San  Jose 's 
acceptable  service  for  God— and  country — and  hu- 
manity. 

BELGIAN    BELIEF 

Long  before  the  Stars  and  Stripes  unfurled  in  the 
camp  of  the  allies,  the  United  States  heard — and 
answered — a  poignant  cry  of  pain  from  overseas. 
From  the  fall  of  1914,  through  all  the  dreary  daj's 
of  war,  side  by  side  with  the  crimson  thread  of  the 
Red  Cross  ran  the  silver  one  of  Belgian  Relief. 
Even  with  the  thundering  guns  silenced  by  the 
signing  of  the  armistice  this  warm-hearted  response 
to  the  needs  of  a  suffering  people  did  not  cease. 

San  Jose  did  her  part  from  the  first  day  to  the 
last  under  the  leadership  of  a  rarely  capable  woman 
who  worked  so  quietly  but  with  such  rare  sym- 
pathy and  with  integrity  of  purpose  that  San  Jose's 
part  in  Belgian  Relief  makes  one  of  the  proudest 
chapters  in  local  war  history. 

Early  in  October,  1914,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Davy  was 
asked  by  the  San  Francisco  committee  to  take 
charge  of  the  Belgian  Relief  here  and  when  the 
work  commenced  later  with  a  complete  organization 
this  valiant  little  patriot  took  upon  her  shoulders 
the  load  of  tremendous  responsibility  and  carried 
it  with  colors  flying,  day  after  day,  month   after 

WAR  HISTORY  THIRTY  NINE  

month,  until  Belgium's  people  were  succored  and  re- 
stored to  a  place  where  they  refused  to  accept  fur- 
ther aid  except  in  the  way  of  funds  loaned  to  their 
.government. 

November,  1914,  they  were  asking  across  the  sea, 
"is  there  .a  man  in  all  England,  a  citizen  of  a  neu- 
tral country,  in  whose  hands  we  may  place  the 
humanitarian  cause  of  Belgian  Relief?"  That  man 
was  Herbert  Hoover.  Sympathy  is  a  quick  bridge 
builder  and  in  San  Jose,  in  January,  1915,  Dr.  W. 

C.  Bailey,  president  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
call-^d  an  important  meeting.  That  meeting  resulted 
in  $2600  worth  of  foodstuffs  being  sent  to  Belgium. 
This  drive  for  funds,  the  first  made  directly  for 
Belgian  Relief,    was    engineered     entirely    by     the 


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/Chamber  of  Commerce  with  publieitiy  furnished  by*? 
Fred  Lewis  Foster. 

The  real  organization  was  perfected  in  the  fall  of 
1915,  and  headquarters  established  in  a  room  in  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce  building. 

The  first  work  under  the  new  organization,  witH 
Mrs.  J.  W.  Davy  chairman,  was  the  raising  of  a 
voluntary  subscription  of  $2400  for  the  purchase  of 
new  clothing.  After  the  big  mass  meeting  which 
resulted  in  the  shipment  of  warm  new  clothing,  the 
monthly  pledges  became  a  feature  of  the  relief. 
These  pledges,  voluntarily  signed,  were  the  means 
of  sending  from  San  Jose  $400  a  month  in  the  be- 
ginning; that  increased  to  $600  and  the  last  month  's 
gift  of  loving  kindness  amounted  to  $1300.  Ap- 
proximately $15,000  totaled  the  local  subscriptions 
to  this  relief  fund  and  that  amount  does  not  include 
the  first  funds  of  $2600  for  foodstuffs  and  $2400 
for  new  clothing,  which  were  forwarded  through 
the  Stanford  Fund  before  the  San  Jose  organization 
\vas  complete. 

In  all  there  were  four  drives  for  clothing.  Two 
of  them  were  made  in  conjunction  with  the  National 
Bed  Cross.  More  than  25  tons  of  clothing  were 
shipped  overseas  as  the  result  of  appeals  made 
during  these  four  drives.  One  remarkable  record 
of  helpfulness  was  made  by  the  Comforts  Forward- 
ing Committee  of  the  Christian  Science  Church,  who 
gathered  at  their  North  First  street  headquarters 
one-tenth  of  all  the  clothing  sent  to  Belgium  during 
the  last  drive.  '   :    !  I 

From  the  Home  of  Truth  on  North  Fifth  street 
there  has  been  issued  no  record  of  the  unlimited 
amount  of  money  and  clothing  they  have  sent  across 
the  sea.  Working  independently  they  have  for- 
warded hundreds  of  dollars  and  box  after  box  of 
clothing  directly  to  Madame  de  Ilemptine,  a  Belgian 
woman  who  conducts  a  refugee  house  at  Calais. 
Only  this  far  away  woman  whose  heart  responds  to 
every  kindness  offered  to  the  suffering  Women  and 
children  of  her  stricken  country  has  kept  a  record 
for  the  Home  of  Truth — a  record  blotted  with 
warmly  grateful  tears. 

Money  for  Belgian  Relief  came  from  many 
sources.  There  were  entertainments  and  card  par- 
ties in  private  homes;  there  were  sacrifices  made 
that  no  one  will  ever  know  about;  there  were  Moth- 
er 's  Clubs  and  through  organization  of  the  schools. 
The  needs  of  the  children  were  paramount  and  not 
a  boy  or  girl  failed  to  respond  in  the  schools  vjhevL' 
Old  (5  lory  waves.  In  one  year  the  school  children 
gave  $1500  for  those  other  children  who  called  to 
them  for  food  and  clothing — for  life  itself.  It  was 
verj'  largely  "children's  work  for  children"  and 
the  sacrifices  of  pleasure  made  by  the  little  folkf! 
illuminated  a  path  through  the  world's  darkne 
like  a  moonpath  across  midnight  Waves. 

From  first  to  last  no  money  was  used  for  admin 
istration  of  this  great  mercy  fund.    Every  cent  co 
lected  for  Belgian  Belief  went  to  Belgium,  sent  b; 
Jack  Russell,     of  the  Bank  of  Italy,  who  acted  as 
treasurer. 

The  committee  who  served  with  Mrs.  J.  W.  Davy 
in    this   great   humanitarian   work   were   Miss   Idr.. 


Wehnor,  Mrs.  W.  A.  Beasly,  Mrs.  S.  G.  Tompkins, 
Mrs.  Charles  R.  Parkinson,  Mrs.  Thomas  Blanchard, 
Mrs.  iidwin  A.  Wilcox,  Mrs.  Everett  Bailey,  Mrs. 
3l).  A.  Beattie,  Mrs.  J.  E.  Bell,  Mrs.  W.  A.  Johnson, 
[Mrs.  A.  P.  Post,  Mrs.  W.  P.  Lyon,  Mrs.  H.  L.  Bag- 
goriy,  Mrs.  George  Herbert,  Mrs.  Nichola-i  Bowden, 
Mrs.  Havid  Burnett,  Mrs.  Edward  Sterling,  Mrs. 
Paul  Clark,  Mrs.  Louis  Sonniksen,  Mrs.  Willard  C. 
Bailey.  Mrs.  Leonard  Stocking,  Mts.  Robert  S/er, 
Mra.  E.  0.  Singletary,  Mrs.  Cieorgo  B.  McKee,  Mrs. 
Glendenning,  Mrs.  E.  C.  Richmond,  Mrs.  Jaj'  E'der, 
Mrs.  M.  E.  FauU,  Mrs.  Charles  B.  Wayland,  Mrs. 
Arthur  Field,  Mrs  T.  H.  Reed,  Mrs.  W.  L.  Woodrow, 
Mrs.  W.  P.  Dougherty,  Mrs.  W.  A.  Waterhouse  and 
Mrc  W.  W.  Campbell.  In  the  scnools  Miss  Mary 
Helen  Post  was  in  charge  of  the  Work  at  the  Nor- 
mal, Mrs.  Mary  Smith,  Washington  School,  and  Miss 
Eliz.ibeth  McSw^in  at  the  high  school. 

Two  ardent  workers  in  the  cause  of  Belgian  Belief 
were  Judge  and  Mrs.  W.  A.  Beaslj,  whose  hearts 
beat  with  love  for  children  everywhere.  When  the 
first  call  from  a  devastated  country  where  Women 
and  children  suffered  unspeakable  things,  the 
Beaslys  enlisted  in  the  cause  of  humanity.  In  1917 
they  were  named  ' '  California  representatives  of  the 
National  Association  for  the  orphans  of  the  war," 
and  what  they  gave  and  what  they  did  for  Belgian 
and  French  orphans  reads  like  a  story  of  a  "fairy 
godmother."  These  deeply  patriotic  Ameri- 
cans served  so  quietly  that  few  knew  of  their 
far-reaching  service.  Theirs  was  a  volunteer  ser- 
vice of  love  that  gave  time  and  the  strength  of 
tenderness  to  succor  even  "the  least  little  ones." 

Workers  for  Belgian  Relief  flaunted  no  banners, 
crashed  no  symbals.  It  was- an  effort  that  had  root 
in  sympathy  and  each  seed  in  its  great  garden  where 
mercy  grew  was  wet  With  tears.  Its  self-sacrificing 
committee  chairman  and  those  who  worked  with  her 
never  thought  of  themselves.  They  sought  no  glory, 
no  gratitude,  no  recompense  except  the  soul  satis- 
faction of  having  not  failed  when  the  clear  call 
came  to  them. 

As  one  Belgian  Relief  worker  expressed  it — "it 
was  all  like  a  thought  thrown  out  into  the  night. 
We  were  weavers  who  worked  on  the  wrong  side  of 
the  fabric  and  never  saw  the  pattern." 

What  they  never  saw,  God's  eyes  looked  upon — 
and  He  called  it  beautiful — the  fabric   of  Belgian 
Belief  wrought  of  mercy  and  dyed  with  tears. 
ALLIED  RELIEF 

All  unofficial  war  activities,  wherever  and  what- 
ever the  need,  met  instant  response.  In  each  school 
a  "war  chest"  cared  for  the  various  funds,  the 
money  for  the  unofficial  relief  kept  separate  from 
Bed  Cross  funds  and  being  administered  on  a  pro 
rata  basis.  Armenian,  Serbian  and  Belgian  Belief 
found  a  constant  source  of  helpfulness  in  these 
school  war  chests  which  Were  kept  filled  by  pro- 
ceeds from  entertainments,  sale  of  candy  and  money 
cheerfully  sacrificed  by  many  who  had  little  to  give 
— but  gave  it  all. 

Serbian  Relief,  administered  by  Dr.  Henry  Meade 
Bland,  supervisor  of  English  at  the  State  Normal 
School,  who  headed  the  committee,  and  Miss  Helen 


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M.  Sprague,  serving  in  the  double  capacity  of  sec- 
retary and  treasurer,  had  one  strikingly  picturesque 
feature.  Dr.  Bland  bought  a  flock  of  young  tur- 
keys and  "herded"  them  on  the  Normal  Scho'^' 
grounds.  For  months  those  who  walked  that  way 
were  greatly  intrigued  by  the  sight  of  the  Doctor 
"feeding  his  flock."  At  Thanksgiving  time,  1918, 
these  turkeys,  auctioned  for  Serbian  Relief,  emptied 
a  substantial  sum  in  the  Normal  School  war  chest. 
It  was  a  very  rare  bit  of  practical  humanity. 

Headquarters  were  'opened  on  East  San  Antonio 
street  and  money  came  from  many  sources.  Sev- 
eral prominent  Serbians  gave  their  subscriptions 
through  this  agency  and  in  the  late  fall  of  1918 
several  hundreds'  of  dollars  were  forwarded  to  the 
committee  in  San  Francisco  to  be  used  for  educa- 
tional  purposes. 

Thousands  of  dollars  went  from  San  Jose  for 
Armenian  and  Serbian  Relief.  During  two  intens- 
ive drives  for  the  suffering  and  starving  people 
across  the  sea  the  local  response  amounted  to  more 
than  $38,000.00. 

When  the  appealing  needs  of  the  Armenians  be- 
came urgent,  a  meeting  at  the  Y.  W.  C.  A.,  on 
March  11,  1918,  started  the  first  big  drive.  Judge 
F.  B.  Brown  led  this  campaign  and  J.  D.  Crummey 
took  the  treasurership.  The  amount  apportioned 
locally  was  $12,000  with  $3000  to  come  from  the 
county  outside  of  San  Jose.  The  one  fact  of  this 
relief  fund  being  administered  by  a  New  York 
man  who  paid  all  expense  so  that  every  cent  col- 
lected might  go  to  Armenia  was  a  feature  of  the 
drive.  The  entire  quota  was  met  under  the  effic- 
ient leadership  of  Judge  Brown  and  Mr.  Crummey 
aided  by  the  following  Executive  committee,  Cap- 
tains and  assistants  at  headquarters: 

Executive  committee:  Judge  F.  B.  Brown,  Mrs. 
W.  A.  Alexander,  Rev.  R.  S.  Emrich,  Rev.  E.  A. 
King,  Hon.  H.  Jones  and  Mrs.  D.  A.  Beattie. 

At  headquarters:  Mrs.  Flickinger,  Mrs..  Hull  and 
Miss    Bishop    who    represented    Mr.    Crummey. 

Captains:  Mrs.  F.  M.  Eley,  Mrs.  D.  W.  Gil- 
christ, Mrs.  J.  W.  Lewis,  Mrs.  M.  V.  MeCurdy, 
Mrs.  Charles  Crothers,  Mrs.  A.  T.  Hermann,  Mrs. 
E.  A.  Wilcox,  Mrs.  L.  Richards,  E.  V.  Busch,  A.  G. 
Wilkins  and  George  N.  Herbert. 

During  this  humanitarian  campaign  one  unique 
gift  was  a  solid  gold  chain  to  be  sold  for  the  relief 
of  starving  women  and  children  James  Beatty, 
manager  of  the  Liberty  Theatre  presented  the  com- 
mittee through  George  N.  Herbert's  team  with  200 
theatre  tickets  for  each  month  of  the  year,  a  gift 
that  supported  10  children  for  the  entire  period. 
The  crest  of  giving  came  on  Saturday,  March  6. 
1918,  with  a  response  of  $4,222.00  San  Jose's  entire 
Armenian  subscription  during  this  "Judge  Brown 
drive"  took  care  of  1598  children,  1000  men  and 
1000  women  in  the  destitute  country  that  looked 
to  us  for  help  and  did  not  look  in  vain. 

The  second  drive  for  allied  relief,  headed  by 
Charles  M.  O'Brien,  chairman,  and  carried  out  with 
the  machinery  of  the  War  Work  council  began 
January  14,  1919.  With  a  quota  of  $22,000  asked, 
over   $23,000   was   given.     The     armistice  silenced 


the  guns,  out  in  that  silence  the  cry  for  help  from 
the  people  reaching  empty  hands  to  America  came 
with  clear  insistence.  San  Jose  met  the  appeal 
with  splendid  generosity.  Charles  M.  O'Brien  led 
his  humanitarian  campaigners  straight  over  the 
top  to  a  swift  victory  in  a  righteous  cause,  recog- 
nizing no  goal,  but  a  full  quota  flying  the  honor 
flag  of  oversubscription. 

From  the  beginning  of  the  war  the  tragedy  that 
was  France  never  appealed  to  America  in  vain. 
Hearts  ached  for  France — and  money  that  went 
to  her  swift  relief  was  blessed  with  tears  and  an 
agony  of  prayer.  The  Joffre  club.  Club  La  France, 
the  San  Jose  branch  of  civil  and  military  relief, 
under  the  direction  of  Mrs.  Victor  Cauhapc,  at 
Twelfth  and  Virginia  streets,  sent  hundreds  of 
dollars  and  tons  and  tons  of  clothing  and  supplies. 
Societies  and  individuals  adopted  French  orphans. 
The  quaint,  precise  English  of  the  letters  of  thanks 
that  came  from  time  to  time  did  not  disguise  f'r 
intensity  of  feeling  and  tlie  depth  of  understand- 
ing with  which  the     French  received     the     relief. 

Every  interval  of  time  between  bond  and  relief 
drives  seemed  to  be  occupied  by  war  savings 
stamps,  thrift  stamps,  sales  of  Smileage  Books, 
and  collection  of  money  for  "mess  funds."  Noth- 
ing was  too  big  to  attempt  for  our  own  or  for 
others,  nothing  too  small  to  receive  grave  attention 
if  it  were  for  "relief." 

No  history  of  local  participation  in  the  world- 
war  is  complete  without  a  sincere  triVjute  to  the 
men  who  served  on  the  three  draft  boards  of  the 
county  and  the  physicians  who  made  the  physical 
examinations  of  the  men  and  also  the  attorneys 
and  laymen  who  labored  late  and  early  assisting 
the  men  to  fill  out  their  questionairs.  It  was  a 
grilling  work  and  held  no  glow  or  promise  of  glory. 
Day  after  day,  to  the  utter  neglect  of  private 
business  interests,  these  men  and  women  kept  the 
nation 's  intricate  machinery  of  war  running  with- 
out friction.  Draft  boards,  called  also  examina- 
tion boards,  were  made  up  as  follows:  The  city 
board — David  Burnett,  Everett  Bailey,  and  Dr.  J. 
U.  Hull.  Examiners — Drs.  C.  M.  Richards,  M.  D. 
Baker,  J.  C.  Blair,  A.  T.  McGinty,  L.  V.  Saph,  E. 
E.  Porter,  S.  B.  Van  Dalsem,  E.  A.  Filepello,  A. 
W.  Conner,  and  H.  J.  B.  Wright.  County  board 
No.  1 — G.  L.  Downing,  J.  S.  Mockbee  and  B.  G. 
Allen;  with  Drs.  D.  A.  Beattie,  N.  H.  Bullock  and 
W.  L.  Newell  examiners.  County  board  No.  2 — 
Dr.  A.  E.  Osborne,  Faul  F.  Clark  and  F.  T.  Wat- 
kins.  Examiners — Drs.  L.  Cothrain,  C.  A.  Way- 
land,  Geo.  W.  Fowler,  E.  E.  Holbrook,  E.  H.  Dur- 
gin  and  W.  Adams. 

Almost  every  attorney  in  Santa  Clara  county 
assisted  in  the  work  of  filling  out  the  questionairs 
and  the  following  persons — layman — worked,  under 
the  persistent,  faithful,  intelligent,  heroistic  guid- 
ance of  Mr.  Martin  Murphy,  from  8  o'clock  a.  m. 
in  the  three  shifts  to  10  p.  m.  for  many,  many 
days,  in  fact  for  a  month,  assisting  in  this  arduous 
work: 

Kate  Devine,  Cecelia  O'Neil,  Genevieve  Home, 
Belldon  Gallagher,  Maxene  Cox,  Olive  F.  Francis, 


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Bertha  Odell,  Bess  K.  Beverson,  Adelaide  E.  Gra- 
ham, Clara  Ulrick,  Jessie  Webber,  Flora  S.  Math- 
ews, Alice  V.  Beckwith,  Emma  Holtz,  Mrs.  V.  A. 
Benson,  Victoria  Shiliue,  Mettie  Pierce,  Adelaide 
Valine,  Ruth  Spinelli,  0.  Kate  Holt,  Nora  E.  T. 
Coffin,  Marie  Rowan,  Ruth  De  La  Rosa,  Mrs.  Rich- 
ard Healey,  Frank  A.  Leslie,  E.  B.  Huntington,  C. 
W.  Cutler,  G.  Marguardt. 

From  the  first  heart  throb  to  the  last  tear  it  was 
all  humanity — all  a  war  to  preserve  the  best  things 
in  the  world  and  that  by  personal  sacrifice. 

Santa  Clara  county  gave  her  sons  and  grieved 
with  those  who  were  nearest  when  blue  stars 
turned  to  gold  to  mark  the  ultimate  sacrifice.  She 
gave  of  gold — abundantly  and  with  full  measure — 
heaped  up  and  running  over.  Not  in  pride  cf 
possession  is  the  heritiage  that  San  Jose  gives  to 
those  who  will  hold  the  destiny  of  her  future. 
Her  glory  lies  in  the  things  she  gave  up,  in  the 
sacrifices  voluntarily  made,  in  the  beauty  of  the 
close  brotherhood  of  her  dark  days,  in  the  un- 
questioning and  whole-heartedness  of  her  response 

to  the  world 's  needs  in  the  great  world  war. 

*     »     « 

THE    WINB    BEFOEE    THE    DAWN 
(Edith  Daley) 

How  beautiful  upon  the  mountains  are  the  feet 
of  him  that  bringeth   good  tidings,  that  jjublishes 

peace. — Isaiah    52:7. 

«     «     * 

Since  the  cherubim  o'er  Eden  flashed  the  menace 

of  the  sword 
Upon   sacrificial   altars   hath  the  blood  of  martyrs 

poured. 
Through  long     ages,  dark     with  midnight,  though 

its  beams  fell  faint  and  far, 
God's  own   hand  within  the  shadow  kept  alight 

Hopes   guiding   star, 
While  the  slaves  of  greed  and  power,  God — endowed 

to  think  and   feel, 


Sought  their  heritage  of  Freedom  in  war's  thund- 
rous   appeal. 

But  at  last  the  boasted  power  of  the  inborn  right 
of  kings 

Vanisheth  before  the  sunlight  that  the  dawn  of 
Freedom    brings! 

There  'a  clang  of  breaking  fetters  and  the  crash  of 
falling  thrones. 

For  a  strange  new  note  is  sounding  in  the  war 's 
chaotic  tones: 

In  the  throes  of  deadly  conflict,  crowns  and  king- 
doms   pass    away, — 

Like  a  storm  before  the  coming  of  a  new  and  per- 
fect  day. 

Lust   of     pewer   and     possession,   all     oppression 's 

hellish   spawn 
Flee  before  the  vibrant  whisper  of  the  wind  before 

the  dawn! 
For  a  great  world  power  waketh  that  shall  bid  the 

strife  to  cease. 
And  intone  war 's  benediction  in  a  sacred  hymn  of 

Peace! 
Beautiful  upon  the  mountains  are  the  feet  of  him 

that   brings 
To  the  serf     and  bondman,     Freedom,  gives  them 

Liberty   from   Kings! 

Soon   the     lifting   smoke   of     battle   shall   America 

reveal 
As  the  Bearer  of  the  Message  and  the  Keeper  of 

the   Seal; 
For     the  call     across  the     waters     hath  a  mighty 

nation   heard, 
And   they   rise  as   men   and  brothers!      They   shall 

speak   the  final  word 
Under  Freedom 's  starry  banner,  men  of  brain  and 

men   of  brawn, — 
For  the  power  of  the  Nation  is  the  wind  before  the 

dawn! . 


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WAR  HISTORY  OP  SANTA  CLARA  COUNTY 


Following  are  the  names  of  men  from  Santa  Clara 
County  who  entered  the  United  States  service  in  its 
various  branches  and  departments  during  the  war: 


Abarr,  Earl 
Abbott,  Elmer  J. 
Abbott,  Herbert 
Abinante,  Leonard 
Abreo,  Henry 
Abro,  Lawrence 
Ackman,   Earl 
Aekman,  Perry 
Acton,  John  Edward 
Acton,  Edward 
Acquistapace,  C.  A. 
Acquistapace,  Paul 
Acquistapace,  Columbus 
Adair,  Clarence 
Adams,  Lawrence  A. 
Adams,   V.   S. 
Adams,  L.  C. 
Adams,  B.  E. 
Adams,  Carl 
Adams,  James 
Adams,  Joe 
Adams,  W.  F. 
Adoradio,  Emery 
Adrean,  Giles 
Adams,  Sydney 
Adams,  Miner 
Ahern,  Balph 
Airla,  Henry  J. 
Aitkeen,  Malcolm  D. 
Albanese,  Eoscio 
Albert,  Joseph 
Albertini,  George  F. 
Albertson,  Galen  L. 
Allen,  William  M. 
Allen,  James  M. 
Allen,  Marion  C. 
Allison,  Raymond 
AUenby,  J.  Leslie 
Alexander,  Egbert 
Alexander,   Clyde 
Alexander,  M.  W. 
Alexander,  Samuel 
Alexander,  John 
Allen,  Frank 
Allen,  J.  W. 
Alameda,  John 
Albertin,  Richard 
Alvcs,   Maning 
Albright,  Leslie 
Alvarez,  Clarence  Z. 
Amaval,  Frank 
Ambrose,  Ladner 
Amos,  Earl  H. 
Amasalian,  Garabed 
Anderson,  John 
Andreen,  Melvin 
Anderson,   Henry   H. 
Anderson,  George  L. 
Anderson,  Axel  P. 


Anderson,  Harry  L. 
Anderson,  A.  P. 
Anderson,  El  Rey 
Anderson,  J.  M. 
Andrew,  A. 
Angelo,  A.  6. 
Angelo,  B. 
Angell,  Charles 
Anthes,  Albert  J. 
Antrim,  Chester 
Angell,  Thomas  B. 
Anderson,  Harry  L. 
Anzini,  Dan 
Andreen,  M. 
Anthes,  A.  G. 
Andrade,  M.  L. 
Andlovic,  Fred 
Anderson,  Henry  H. 
Anderson,  Earl  A. 
Anderson,  L.  C. 
Angelo,  Jos  M. 
Anderson,   Dewey 
Andlovic,  Frank 
Annani,  Joe 
Andrade,  George 
Ancino,  Milo 
Anthony,  C.  C. 
Appel,  J.  Monroe 
Appleby,  Wm. 
Armentta,  Anthony  L. 
Archibard,  Robert 
Arata,  Joe 
Arbing,  B.  H. 
Artana,  Frank 
Arguello,  Donald 
Archibald,  H. 
Archibald,  Robert 
Archibald,  E. 
Argall,  Charles  G. 
Argall,   Frank 
Argall,  Clarence 
Armstrong,  G.  L. 
Armetta,  Vincent 
Arnold,  Robert  H. 
Arnott,  John  D. 
Argall,  Marsden 
Argall,  Claude 
Aschman,  Ernest  G. 
Ashpaugh,  Cecil 
Ash,  Percy  F. 
Ashpaugh,  Arthur  C. 
Aten,  Boyce 
Atkinson,  David 
Auzerais,  John  L. 
Avata,  A.  E. 
Ayer,  Joe 
Ayer,  Ray  H. 
Aylesworth,  Wm. 
Ayers,  Elliott 
Azavedo,  J.  P. 


Azevedo,  Joseph  C. 

B 
Bacigalupi,  Eeno  J. 
Batten,  William  J. 
Bachrodt,   Walter  L. 
Barnwell,  Will  J. 
Barnwell,  Jay  J. 
Barnwell,  Dwight  H. 
Baird,  Carl 
Bailey,  Curtis  S. 
Bacigalupi,  James 
Bargetto,  Peter 
Barnes,   Howard 
Barnett,  Lloyd 
Barstow,   Richmond 
Barton,  Bruce  R. 
Basile,  Joe 
Battinich,   Nicholas 
Bayhon,  W.  D. 
Bachmurski,  Joseph 
Bacigalupi,  James 
Bacigaupi,  Reno  J. 
Baggs,  C.  A. 
Ballantyne,   Frank 
Bailey,  H.  S. 
Baker,  Edward  L. 
Baker,  Geo.  Conrad 
Baker,  Herbert  C. 
Baker,  William  E. 
Balcom,  Antone 
Baldwin,  Willis 
Ballard,  J.  H. 
Ballantyne,  Earl  James 
Barbano,  Joe 
Baldwin,  John 
Bartley,  H.  M. 
Bardwell,  Chas.  E. 
Bailey,  Cecil 
Bartley,  Oliver 
Batineh,  Miho 
Bardalick,  Obren 
Balj,  Spasoje 
Bacon,  Lloyd 
Banks,  Charles 
Bartle,  J.  Bennett 
Barge,  R.  J. 
Barnes,  Frederick 
Banard,  John 
Bardwell,  Chas.  E.,  Jr. 
Bagnatori,  G. 
Bagnatori,  S. 
Baker,  Herbert  C. 
Barshinger,  Lee 
Barry,  Frank  P.,  Jr. 
Bascom,  Carl  C. 
Bailey,  James 
Bachman,  Fred  W. 
Barclay,  Jack 
Balcon,  Antone 
Barcellona,  Joseph 
Baker,  Conrad 
Bates,  W.  H. 
Bailey,  S.  H. 
Baldwin,  Howard 


Barrow,  Henry 
Bayhon,  W.  D. 
Batten,  W.  J. 
Beattie,  J.  1. 
Beck,  Thomas 
Beck,  Allen 
Beck,  P.  L. 
Beckwith,  Paul 
Berry,  Cyrus 
Berry,  John 
Berry,  Boy 
Beecroft,  E.  L. 
Berg,  Arthur  O. 
Becker,  Earnest 
Beggs,  Merle  B. 
Berry,  Clifford  Bell 
Bellamy,  Clarence 
Berryman,  F.  W. 
Bell,  Everett 
Bell,  Clifford  E. 
Bell,  Arch  H. 
Bell,  Kenneth 
Beach,  Philo 
Beck,  Evans  T. 
Bennett,  Robert  J. 
Bellomo,  William 
Berryessa,   Arthur 
Bewick,  David 
Beecroft,  H.  8. 
Bettencourt,   Manuel 
Bertsch,  Lester 
Bensberg,  Ben 
Bensberg,  Carl 
Becker,  Geo. 
Bersac,  Eugene  B. 
Beard,  Paul  V. 
Benson,  Harry 
Benson,  Paul 
Bennett,  Albert  A. 
Bellamy,  Clarence  G. 
Beaver,  George  L. 
Bernheesal,  R.  F. 
Benson,  Frank  H. 
Bean,  James 
Bear,  J.  B. 
Beale,  Francis  E. 
Bean,  J.  Edwin 
Beard,  Walter  B. 
Beatty,  Al 
Beatty,  Wm.  J. 
Beaudikofer,  Herman  J. 
Beaudoin,  Wm.  E. 
Becker,  Edward  N. 
Becker,  Ernest 
Becker,  George  L. 
Beecroft 
Beggs,  Phil  B. 
Bello,  Enos 
Bellbain,  William 
Bennett,  E.  A. 
Bennett,  Del  G. 
Berdrow,  Louis 
Berger,  Earle  O. 
Berger,  Edward  G. 


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WAR  HISTORY  OF  SANTA  CLARA  COUNTY 


Berger,  Win. 
Berggren,  Mauritz 
Beall,  Albert  Wm. 
Bernal,  Bill 
Bernal,  A.  F. 
Bernal,    Thos.    P; 
Berryessa,  A.  E. 
Bertucei,  Andrew 
Benck,  Henry  E. 
Benck,  John 
Betts,  M.  Clifford 
Betts,  C.  R. 
Benson,  Louis   R. 
Bertoli,  W.  G. 
Bensberg,  Carl 
Bigler,  Montell 
Bille,  Max  H. 
Binkley,  Robert 
Bielings,  Wall  M. 
Bigger,  Clyde 
Bigars,  John 
Binder,  Rudolph 
Bingham,  J.  H. 
Binkley,  E.  T. 
Blabon,  Walter 
Blabon,  Irwin 
Blakeley,  Theroli  M. 
Blanehfield,  Michael  L. 
Bland,  Wallace  B. 
Blaisdell,  Harry  L. 
Blissett,  Walter 
Blondin,  Fred  P. 
Blackmar,  Frank 
Blois,  Stanley  Lee 
Block,  F.  R. 
Blake,  Clarence  T. 
Blanch,  Chas.  B. 
Blair,  Wm.  F. 
Blaisdell,  Leland  S. 
Blabon,  Irving  H. 
Blabon,  W.  L. 
Blackmar,  Frank  W. 
Blake,  Clarence  T. 
Blake,  Boy  T>. 
Blanch,  Chas.  R. 
Blodgett,  Burnell 
Blood,  Chas.  R. 
Blood,  Dan  H. 
Bonar,  Gerald  C. 
Bondi,  Joseph 
Boggiano,  J. 
Boezinger,  Frank 
Boone,  Fred 
Boulware,  C.  L. 
Bowie,  Adrian 
Bowie,  Allen 
Bowie,  Francis 
Bowie,  Philip 
Bowden,  Archer 
Boxill,  Chas. 
Booher,  David 
Bothwell,  L. 
Boujetti,  Chester 
Booker,  Alfred  C. 


Bonelli,  Earl  L. 
Bonton,  Lester  F. 
Boys,  Wallace 
Booksin,  Hubert  A. 
Bowler,  Frank  L. 
Bonetti,  Alfonso 
Boyd,  Thos.  J. 
Bocks,  Fred  W. 
Bowden,  Jas.  L. 
Boxill,  Allman 
Bossotti,  John 
Bois,  Stanley  Lee 
Boydston,  Ralph  E. 
Boehle,  Wilbert 
Boehmne,   Heinie   B. 
Bojorgues,  Alexander  D. 
Boker,  Edward 
Bondie,  Nuncio 
Bondi,  Salvadore 
Boosey,  F.  O. 
Bosques,  Stephen 
Botelho,  Wm. 
Bothwell,  Bruce  S. 
Boulware,   Lester 
Bowden,  Bayard 
Bowden,  C.  K. 
Bowden,  Pierce 
Boyd,  George 
Boyd,  Max  L. 
Bowman,  Edwin  L. 
Brandon,  Elmer 
Braden,  Ross  J. 
Bray,  Geo.  G. 
Brannaman,  James 
Bracker,  Jos.  M. 
Brownell,  Norman  E. 
Bressani,  Richard 
Brown,  Leo 
Brown,  Walter  G. 
Bryant,  Albert 
Brown,  Byron 
Brownlee,  William  M. 
Brokenshire,  Wesley  J. 
Brett,  Henry  C. 
Brooks,  William 
Bresani,  Richard  V. 
Brazi,  Manuel 
Brown,  H.  E. 
Bradley,  E.  G. 
Britton,  Lewis  H. 
Bracchi,  Ernest 
Braekett,  Ray  E. 
Brunhoffer,  Alvin 
Brown,  Edward  E. 
Browning,  H.  D. 
Bradley,  C.  D. 
Branner,  Geo. 
Brickley,  Edward  M. 
Britten,  Chas.  E. 
Branner,  John 
Brown,  Marte  M. 
Bravo,  Ralph 
Brinkman,  F.  H. 
Bradford  Winslow  E. 


Briggs,  Ottis  Emmons 
Bradley,  Wm. 
Brownell,  J.  R. 
Bradley,  L. 
Brandis,  Fred 
Brandon,  Elmer 
Bramman,  Sidney 
Bravo,  Ralph 
Brister,    Edward    H. 
Breed,  — 
Brent,  Lee  C. 
Britton,  L.  H. 
Brooks,  Eddie 
Brown,   Ashley 
Brown,  Lanier 
Brown,  Clarence 
Brown,  Edward  A.,  Jr. 
Brog,  Hoy  W. 
Brown,  Geo.  W. 
Brown,  Harry  J. 
Brown,  Walter  G. 
Brown,  Edward  A.,  Jr. 
Brown,  Milton  J.. 
Brown,  Raymond 
Brown,  Donald 
Brown,  Russell  C. 
Browning,  Herman  E. 
Brokenshire,  Mark  G. 
Brokenshire,  John 
Brown,  Wallace  A. 
Brownell,  Herbert 
Brophy,  James 
Brubaker,   O.   D. 
Bryan,  Stanley  E. 
Bryant,  Geo. 
Bryant,  Geo.  A. 
Bryant,  Oren 
Browne,  Ashley  C. 
Bussini,   Frank 
Bundesen,  W.  T. 
Butterfield,  Roland 
Buhrz,  Hermann  W. 
Buero,  James 

Buchser,  Emil 

Burlingame,  B.  L. 

Burns,  Geo  T. 

Butcher,  Roller  M. 

Buchan,  Dean  W. 

Buckley,  Milton 

Butterfield,  Irvis 

Buchout,  R.  B. 

Buck,  John  W. 

Buck,  Earl  R. 

Buck,  John  N. 

Buck,  Keith 

Burviett,  Paul 

Burkhart,  Buryl 

Burkhart,  O.  C. 

Burke,   Harvey 

Bubb,  John  D. 

Bunch,  Chas.  A. 

Burke,  Will 

Burns,  William 

Burtner,  Edwin  R. 


Bushnell,  Floyd 
Bubb,  John 
Butler,   Otis 
Bugge,  Janes 
Burlingame,  Donald  L. 
Burrell,  Ralph 
Burns,  H.  H. 
Byers,  G.  Allen 
Byington,  Preston 

0 
Casimano,  Nuncio  Joe 
Carroll,   H.   G. 
Case,  Calvin  H. 
Cantua,  Frank  T. 
Call,  Clyde  C. 
Casema,  Joseph  G. 
Casey,  Raymond  W. 
Carey,  Jack 
Campbell,  Bert 
Caldwell,  E.  F. 
Campbell,  Douglas 
Campbell,  J.  A.  H. 
Campbell,   Wallace 
Campbell,  William 
Cancillo,  Angelo 
Canelo,  Adolph  B. 
Cantando,  James 
Cantell,  John  F. 
Cantele,  Vincent 
Cantelow,  Holland  W. 
Cantua,  George  T. 
Carmean,  Clyde 
Cardona,  Chas. 
Carlile,   Shirley  F. 
Carlson,  Edwin  B. 
Carlson,  Walter 
Carrera,   Frank 
Carson,  A.  J. 
Carter,  Boy 
Carter,  Geo.  E. 
Carvelli,  Paskey 
Cassclli,  P. 
Castro,  Francis  A. 

Cauthern,  Henry  J. 

Carroll,  Ed 

Cantell,  John  F. 

Camp,  H. 

Carter,  Bae 

Carter,  Irving 

Carlyle,  Claire 

Carlyle,  Cecil 

Campbell,  Allen  R. 

Card,  J.  Lockhart 

Card,  Robert  J. 

Carey,  George 

Cashel,  John 

Castellie,  Edward 

Castellie,  Antonio 

Cattell,  William   A. 

Calton,  Joseph 

Calabro,  Jos.  F. 

Cardoza,  Joseph 

Carrera,  Frank 

Carrera,  A. 


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WAR  HISTORY  OP  SANTA  CLARA  COUNTY 


Casella,  Peter 
Casella,  John 
Casella,  Chas. 
Carlton,  Fred 
Campbell,  Harold  M. 
Castlehun,  Fred  J. 
Cavellero,  Alfred  E. 
Carroll,  Edmund 
Casaletto,  Lawrence 
Cady,  Larus  V. 
Cady,  Theron 
Case,  Lawrence  G. 
Carpenter,  William  B. 
Carman,  Hugh 
Caldwell,  Elmer  E. 
Caldwell,  Earl  A. 
Cather,  Thomas 
Caldwell,  H. 
Callender,  E.  G. 
Callender,  Earl  G. 
Campbell,  Kenneth 
Call,  George  H. 
Castro,  C.  J. 
Carabel,  Alfred 
Castro,  Francis 
Castro,  Chrisanto 
Cascaron,  August 
Carter,  William  H. 
Casey,  Raymond  W. 
Christian,   Alvin  E. 
Cheney,   Adelbert 
Chew,  Geo.  A. 
Cheney,  Charlton 
Childs,  Lerory 
Chiles,  Arthur  C. 
Chaver,  Frank 
Christa,  Frank 
Cherrington,  Reed  B. 
Chace,  John   Derrol 
Chargin,  Joseph  A. 
Chaboya,  Abell 
Chaboya,  Geo.  R. 
Chappell,  Gordan 
Chappell,  Jerome 
Chappell,  Chester 
Cheney,  Harold 
Chaboya,   Elmer  Julius 
Chaboya,   Randolph 
Challen,  Sylvan  E. 
Chapman,  Louis 
Chase,  Edward  H. 
Chase,  E.  E. 
Chesbro,  L.  H. 
Chesbro,  Otto 
Chester,  E.  W. 
Chew,  Geo. 
Chrisman,   Harry  J. 
Christierson,   A.   von 
Church,  Harlan 
Churchill,  Allen 
Churchill,  Frank 
Chrisman,  Claud  R. 
Chrisman,  Harold 
Clark,  Bruce 


Close,  Sahiuel 
Close,  Allen  J. 
Clute,  Bert 
Clegg,  Alvin  E. 
Clesi,  B.  J. 
Clesi,  P.  J. 
Clark,  A.  W. 
Clevenger,  Howard 
Clary,  Hugh  L. 
Clark,  Ben 
Clark,  Paul  M. 
Clark,  James  E. 
Clarke,  Birge 
Clark,  Wallace  S. 
Clark,  Walter 
Clark,  Donald 
Clarke,  Ernest 
Clunie,  Thomas  J. 
Coe,  Carl  M. 
Cochrell,  Beverley  R. 
Cohn,  Robert  C. 
Colburn,  Alfred  F. 
Colburn,  Elbert  F. 
Collins,  Chas  W.       . 
Collins,  Geo. 
Compton,  James  E. 
Cook,  Clyde  S. 
Cooley,  Edward  S. 
Cooper,  Vern 
Corno,  Chas.  . 
Cottrell,  Clifton  C. 
Coryell,  Frank 
Cooper,  Donald 
Cougyro,  Samuel 
Cochran,  W. 
Cole,  Franklin 
Cole,  Chauncey 
Coltrin,  Joseph 
Cole,  Alpheus  D. 
Conti,  Antone 
Cox,  Ralph 
Cox,  Leslie 
Costay,  Frank  B. 
Copeland,  F.  W. 
Covin,  Wm  F. 
Coxson,  R.  S. 
Cook,  Harry  R. 
Costagan,  Geo. 
Cox,  Donald 
Cox,  Philip 
Cook,  Dewey 
Condon,  Leo 
Condossa,  J. 
Coyle,  Albert  Freeman 
Consolacio,  E. 
Coreia,  J. 
Correa,  Manuel 
Cordrey,  Felix  S. 
Cox,  A.  E. 
Covin,  Mark  A. 
Cowgill,  Geo.  E. 
Cox,  Ben 
Cox,  Frank  J. 
Cox,  Mark 


Cox,  Raph  F. 
Coyle,  Dan 
Condon,  Herbert  F. 
Cobb,  Howard 
Cole,  Alpheus  D. 
Cole,  Frank 
Collier,  Philip 
Collier,  Ray 
Collier,  William 
Compton,  Howard 
Condon,   Leon 
Connelly,  Tristram 
Costa,  E.  J. 
Conover,  John  S. 
Costa,  John 
Cotter,  James 
Couch,  Albert 
Couch,  John 
Couch,  William 
Cozzens,  Robert 
Crall,  Henry  C. 
Crall,  Herbert 
Crosby,  Archie  L. 
Crawford  W.  L. 
Crabb,  Irving  M. 
Crane,  John  J. 
Crane,  Frank 
Creek,  Paul 
Crescini,  Santo 
Cribari,  Pasquale 
Crook,  Ernest  E. 
Crosby,  Archie 
Craig,  Roy 
Crair,  Arthur 
Crews,  Emmett 
Crow,  Harold 
Crosby,  Clarence  A. 
Crossetti,  John 
Cronin,   Vincent 
Criban,  Angelo 
Crosby,  Clarence  A. 
Crothers,  Wesley  E. 
Crow,  Clinton  M. 
Crow,  Walter  M. 
Cruise,  Chas.  C. 
Cruise,  Joseph  J. 
Cushman,  Reuben 
Cushman,  Arthur 
Cullen,  W.  L. 
Cullen,  Thomas 
Cullen,  John 
Cummings,  — 
Cullen,  E.  J. 
Gushing,  James  B. 
Curtis,  Glen 
Cuneo,  J.  T. 
Curtis,  Rowen 
Curtis,  Paul 
Curtis,  Paul  E. 
Cuddenback,  Leon  D. 
Curtis,  Ernest 
Curran,  John  J. 
Curtis,  Wallace  B. 
Curtis,  E.  J. 


Cusack,  James  B. 
Cutter,  Richard 
Gushing,  Miles  G. 
Cunningham,  Felix 
Cutter,  Allan 
Currier,  Donald 
Cussigh,  Joseph 

D 
Dahlgren,  Henry  A. 
Daily,  Lawrence  H. 
Dallas,  Andrew 
Daves,  Willis 
Dawson,  Frank 
Davison,  R.  N. 
Daley,  Armel 
Daly,  Roy 
Daly,  Thos.  E. 
Daly,  P.  A. 
Davis,  Roy  L. 
Davy,  Boy 
Dahl,  John  S. 
Dalton,  Earl  L. 
Davidson,  Elliott  E. 
Davidson,  Carlisle 
Davis,  Frank  S. 
Davis,  Harold 
Davis,  Philip 
Davis,  Peter 
Davis,  George  G. 
Davenhill,  William 
Daves,  Frank  D. 
Daves,  Willis  E. 
Davis,  Victor 
Davis,  Asa  D. 
Davis,  Cecil 
Davis,  Chas.  B. 
Davis,  Frank  C. 
Dawley,  Sibley  M. 
Dallas,  Andrew 
Dampier,  F.  O. 
Davis,  F.  C. 
Danjat,  A. 
Daley,  John  P. 
De  Loe,  Henry 
Delano,  Preston  B. 
De  Vries,  L.  P. 
Dennis,  C.  M. 
Denhart,  Harry 
Dewitt,  Frank 
Delanini,  G. 
Deitz,   William 
Dempsey,  James 
Denhart,  R.  E. 
Delaney,  Patrick  J. 
Dellosso,  Louis  A. 
Del  Ponte,  Wm.  J. 
Dempey,  J. 
Derby,  Howard 
De  Rose,  Jenaro 
De  Fiore,  Domenic  A. 
Dent,  Melville 
Dent,  Vernon  V.  B. 
Deardoff,  Francis 
Derraody,  Geo.  S. 


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De  Cartoni,  John  M. 
De  Bernardi,  Louis 
De  Marco,  James 
Pelaney,  Clem 
Dias,  Anthony  R. 
Dickson,  Albert 
Distel,  Emil  J. 
■;)itto,  Frank's. 
Dinapoli,  Frank 
Dias,  Tony 
Dies,  Thos.  M. 
Dietve,  Adolph  L. 
Dietz,  Charles  H. 
Difani,  Frank 
Difani,  George 
Dingley,  Robert 
Dimond,  W.  N. 
Distel,  E.  J. 
Dicarlo,  Salvator 
Diaz,  Tom 

Dickinson,  Aimer  Edwin 
Dean,  Kenneth   W 
rodd,  Ormal 
Domeney,  Pierre 
Donahue,  Dan  F. 
Domico,  J. 
Donaldson,  Chas. 
P'jnant,   Mareua 
Dooley,  Walter  T. 
Dorr,  Arthur 
Dove,  Lane 
Dose,  Samuel  E. 
Donat,  Mark  J. 
Dougherty,  Francis  X. 
Douglas,  HaroU  D. 
Dow,  Howard 
Doyer,  Alfred  H. 
Dodd,  Jack 
Dolbow,  Floyd 
Donaldson,  William  J. 
Dobbins,  David  W. 
Dean,  Earl 
Doan,  Harrold 
Dodson,  S.  W. 
Dolan,  Bert  O. 
Donald,  Willii'-m  M. 
Dow,  Elwood 
Dowd,  A.  J. 
Dow,  Neal 
Dowling,  Arthur 
Dowley,  Sibley 
Draper,  Henry  L. 
Dreischmeyer,  Elmer  8.. 
Drouet,  L. 
Dubendorf,  H.  H. 
Dubendorf,  John 
Dunlap,  A.  K. 
Duden,  Lou 
Duana,  Leonard 
Duarte,  Manuel  N. 
Duff,  Ellis  H. 
Duffy,  Leslie 
Duke,  Harry 
]''unham,  Lowell 


Dugdale,  L.  B. 
Dugdale,  R. 
Dunsford,  Roy 
Dunn,  Otis  E. 
Dutcher,  Russell 
Dutcher,  Cecil  E. 
Dyer,   Kenneth   H. 
Dyche,   Justin 
Dyer,   DeWitt 
Dyer,  Zeb 
Dyer,  George 
E 
Eaton,  Alfred 
Eaton,  WeeluR!  iT. 
Eastman,  Burton  N. 
Eastland,  Joseph  L. 
Easton,  Weelum 
Eberhardt,  F.  8. 
Eekman,  Victor 
Kiimans,  Arthur  L. 
Eddy,  L.  E. 
Edmons,  Arthur 
Edwards,  Samuel 
Edmondston,  Arthur  B. 
Edgerton,  Frank 
Edwards,   Parker 
Edwards,  Geo.  D. 
Ehlers,   Harry 
Ehrhart,  Alfred  E. 
Ekman,  Ivar  C. 
Elliott,  Wm.  G. 
Ely,  Leonard  W 
l';ly,  William 
Elsey,  Geo.  W. 
Elliott,  Clay  B. 
Elmer,  Ray 
Ellis,  Glen  Lyle 
JiUis,   Reginald   A. 
Elkins,  Ben  F. 
Emery,  Chas. 
ICmig,  Carl  R. 
Emig,  Carl 
Emig,  Oscar  L. 
Emlen,  DreW- 
Emmerson,  Vernon 
Emerson,  Roy  P. 
Enos,  M.  S. 
Engels,  Emile 
Fntriken,  Roy  I.-. 
Ennis,  Joe 
Engle,  W.  F. 
English,  Floyd 
Enright,  E. 
Epp,  Fred  F. 
Erbentraut,  Edwin  Otis 
Ernst,  Albert  A. 
Estrada,  Alfred 
Espinosa,  T.  J. 
Espinoza,  L.  J. 
Estruth,  John  Owoii 
Estrada,  George 
Escobar,  Chas. 
Eton,  Gerald  M. 
Eubanks,  R.  8. 


Eustice,  Ellsworth 
Eustice,  Lelani 
Evans,  Arthur  M. 
Evens,  Harvey  A. 
Evans,  Chas. 
F 
Fahey,  Albert 
Pahey,  Herbert 
Fabretti,  — 
Fairchild,  Rollins  A. 
Fair,  Frank 
Falk,  Victor 
Fallon,  Geo.  T. 
Fallo,  Philip 
Fahner,  Emil 
Farnsworth,  Paul 
Farnsworth,  Waldo  8. 
Farnsworth,  Walter 
Faulds,  John 
Fale,  Schyler 
Fallows,  Chas.  S. 
Farris,,  Fauna 
Faso,  Joseph 
Fatjo,  Tuco 
Farrell,  L.  M. 
Fallon,  Geo. 
Fatjo,  Antonio  A. 
Fabretti,  Frank  A. 
Farotts,  G. 
Feliciano,  F. 
Feeney,  Luke  A. 
Fereira,  Alivan 
Ferreira,  Frank 
Fehrenbaeker,  Florine 
Felix,  William 
Feathers,   Clifford 
Fernish,  Chas.  A. 
Fereria,  Frank 
Fellen,  William 
Feathers,  Clifford  P. 
Ferreira,  Frank  R. 
Ferioli,  Florindo 
Feiring,  Chas. 
Felmeth,  Thomas  H. 
Fellmeth,  Geo.  R. 
Ferrari,  Joseph  Giuseppe 
Fisher,  Alonzo 
Fisher,  J.  M. 
Fitzgerald,  Arthur 
Findlay,  Thos.  J. 
Finello,  Angelo 
Fischer,  Clyde 
Fisher,  Joe 
Fltzpatrick,  J.  H. 
Fleiz,  G.  B. 
Fiman,  Edward  F. 
Finfrock,  Allen 
Finfrock,  Robert 
Fiscus,  Vent  W. 
Fischer,  William 
Fisher,  H.  B..,  Jr. 
Fitzgerald,  D.  W. 
Fitzgerald,  R.  E. 
Fitzpatrick,  Jos.  M. 


Fickert,  Archie 
Finn,  James  G. 
Fisher,  Raymond  W. 
Fitinghoff,  Ludwig  L. 
Flanagan,  William  J. 
Flannelly,  James 
Fletcher,  Hal 
Flinn,  Ben 
Fletcher,  Floyd  B. 
Fletcher,  Wm.  D. 
Flower,  Roswell 
Flint,  Theodore  S. 
Flint,  Donovan 
Flugel,  Ewald 
Flickinger,  Clifton  B. 
Flockhart,  Louis 
Flores,  Tom 
Flask,  R.  H. 
Flynn,  Daniel 
Flynn,  John  P. 
Fortago,  John 
Foucade,  Ben 
Forward,  Arthur 
Font,  Edmund  E. 
Fosterling,  Roy  E. 
Forward,  Arthur 
Ford,  Edward  B. 
Ford,  Truman  A. 
Force,  Archie 
Forgee,  Chas.  C. 
Forgee,  Wm.  B. 
Foster,  Tony 
Fox,  R.  E. 
Foster,    William    L. 
Fouch,  Homer  K. 
Fought,  W.  C. 
Fowler,   Mel 
Fowler,  Fred  H. 
Fowler,  Ray 
Franklin,  Milton 
Francis,  Walter  C. 
Fredrieks,  Lloyd 
Fredrickson,  B.   8. 
Fredrickson,   Harry 
Fredrick,  Wallace 
Fromment,  Rudolph 
Frollie,  Wm. 
Frost,   Cyril   Chas. 
Frost,  Harold 
Frank,  Walter 
Fraper,  Leslie 
Freeman,  Leland 
Freitas,  Louis 
Fritz,  Bob 
Freudenthal,  Leslie 
Frederickson,   J.   C. 
Freshhour,  Everett 
Frost,  Andley  L. 
French,  Clarence 
Frantz,  Harry  W. 
Franks,  Geo.  D. 
Freeman,  Elmer  S. 
Freyschag,  Carl 
Freysehlag,  F. 


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WAR  HISTORY  OP  SANTA  CLARA  COUNTY 


Freyschlag,  Herman  F. 
Freyschlag,  Oscar 
Fritsc'h,  Jimmie 
Furtado,  Manuel 
Furtado,  M.  S. 
Fuller,  Thomas  B. 
Fuller,  H.  C. 

a 

Gale,  Harold 
Garren,  S.  J. 
Garliepp,  Adolph 
Garliepp,  Wm.  Jr. 
Garliepp,    Fred 
Gaddie,  Luman  C. 
Gardner,  Jacob  A. 
Gallardin,  Harry 
Galloway,  Jay  B. 
Galiotto,  Nick  J. 
Gardener,  Balph 
Galliotte,  — 
Garlieppi,  Adolf  D. 
Garrett,  Robert  L. 
Gates,  Byron 
Gaiv,  Henry  W. 
Garren,  S.  J. 
Garcia,  Ben 
Garcia,  Joe 
Gardner,  Wm.  Floyd 
Garglione,  Joe 
Galart,  A. 
Gaston,  C.  B. 
Gardner,  E.  V. 
George,  Jos.  T. 
George,  Lawrence 
George,  Chas.  B. 
George,  Keuben  L. 
George,   Anthony 
George,  Joseph 
Gerrells,  Elton 
Gerrity,  John  M. 
Geddstone,  Dwight  B. 
Geoffroy,  Georgeg 
Genovese,   Arcangelo 
Gehrig,  Wm. 
Gemmell,  Wm. 
Georvy,  Fred 
Gemmel,  Wm. 
Gennia,  Joe 
(iebbani,  P. 
Gerlach,   Frederick   J. 
(iertridge,  Clyde 
Ghersi,  Frank  C. 
Gianiparsi,  A. 
Gibson,  Paul  B. 
Gilbert,  J.  R. 
Giacommazzi,  John  E. 
Gibson,  Elmer 
Gillespie,  H. 
Gillespie,  Thomas 
Ginnini,  Nick 
Gilbert,  Normal 
Oilman,  Daniel  A. 
Gillesie,  Dr.  W.  B. 
Gilbert,  Clarence 


Givens,  H.  D. 
Glendenning,  Geo.  M. 
Glendenning,  Allen  D. 
Gnesa,  Joe 
Gomez,  Alonzo 
Goodwin,  Bay 
Gorham,  Harvey  E. 
Gorman,  Raymond 
Gould,  Elmer  T. 
'idijlding,  Joseph 
Goltman,  Dave 
Gorham,  Henry  M. 
(ioldsworthy,  Paui 
Godsman,  Chas. 
Gomes,  Tony 
Gonzalis,  Frank 
Gonzalis,  M. 
Gonzales,  Frank  L. 
Gonzales,  Steve 
Gould,    Benjamin    F. 
Gross,  Edward  L. 
Gross,  Wilmer  J. 
Groesbeck,  Earl 
Gray,  John  H, 
Gray,  Gerald 
Gree,  Bisto 
Graves,  Roy  E. 
Graham,  Hugh 
Graham,   Granville 
Graham,  Chalmers 
Graham,  Howard 
Green,  Charles 
Green,  George 
Green,  Raymond 
Greene,  Merrill  C. 
Greene,  Waldron 
Greer,  John 
Gribner,  J.  T. 
Graham,  Emmit 
Griffith,  M.  A. 
Granger,  Farley  E. 
Granicher,  Walter  O. 
Graham,  Geo. 
Graul,  William 
Graves,  Raymond  S. 
Green,   Geo.   G. 
Green,  Pettis  E. 
Greenbaum,  — ■ 
Griffin,  Robert  A. 
(iriifo,  Tony 
Gri3'.7old,  John  W. 
Griswold,  Oscar  W. 
Graeb,  Walter 
Granicker,  Walter  Otto 
Grilli,  Cheleste 
Green,  M.  D.,  Maxwell  T. 
Griffin,  Chas.  M. 
Grigg,  Steve 
Gunter,  Fred  H. 
Gustafson,  Elmer   C. 
Guerrier,  Edson  M. 
Guera,  Tony 
Gulttomsen,    Alfred   G. 
Guttormsen,  Alfred 


Gullic,  William  E. 
Gurries,  Alfonzo 
Gurries,  Frank 
Gurries,  Henry 
Gunn,  Wilbur 
Gwyther,  Lionel 

H 
Harris,  Clarence 
Haub,  Elmer  F. 
Hafley,  Stanley  G. 
Hartman,  Albert  H. 
Hayes,  Harold  Keith 
Hawkinson,  Lawrence  A. 
Hayes,  Harold  C. 
Harter,  Edwin  Bea 
Hathaway,  Otto 
Hanks,  Robert  L. 
Haw,  Chas. 
Hayford,  Donald  D. 
Hartley,  Horace  C. 
Hazleton,  Harold  E. 
Hazen,  John  S. 
Hajost,  Walter 
Hall,  Evans  E. 
Hall,  D.  B. 
Hall,  Wm.  H. 
Hall,  Jack 
Hall,  H.  Russell 
Hahn,  Ernest  B. 
Han,  James  T. 
Halbeck,    Arthur 
Haller,  Edwin 
Hamlin,  Howard 
Hageman,  Warren 
Hansen,  C.  A. 
Hanson,  N.  O. 
Harris,  Leslie 
Hatch,  L. 
Hatch,  W. 
Hatch,  Elton 
Hatch,  Elmer 
Haines,  Geo.  R. 
Hagel,  Carl  J. 
Hansen,  Paul 
Hardeman,  Fabian 
Harris,  Chas.  S. 
Hartman,  Milton 
Harvie,   Irwin   C. 
Hayes,  Phil 
Hays,  Sam  E. 
Hanson,  Arthur 
Hannah,  Sidney  R. 
Hastings,  Harry 
Haworth,   Floyd 
Hackett,  B.  G. 
Harkers,  James 
Hansen,  John  S. 
Harkness,  Thomas 
Haselback,  H.  C. 
Halmeyer,  Frank 
Harris,  Joe 
Healy,  Edwin  C. 
Hedlund,  Stuart 
Hegarty,  Harry 


Herring,  Norman 
Hewitt,  Joseph  B. 
Heald,  Elmer  W. 
Heath,  Ronald 
Helman,  Stuart 
Herdman,  Jean  P. 
Herriford,  Floyd 
Heintz,  Jack  E. 
Henderson,   Roy   F. 
Heyden,  Walter  J. 
Henwood,  Russell  H. 
Hedlum,  Oscar 
Healls,  Will 
Headley,  Roy  E.   • 
Heiser,  Edwin 
Heller,  Allen 
Hendricks,  Lawrence 
Henning,  Geo.  Ellis 
Kenning,  Harry 
Herbert,  Van  P. 
Herman,  Fernando 
Herman,   Fred   Weld 
Herrington,  Clarence  O. 
Her'rington,  Louis  O. 
Hershey,  Elmer  C. 
Hester,  Robert  J. 
Hestwood,  Robert 
Hendricks,  Henry  P  Jr. 
Henderson  S.  E. 
Hester,  W.  E. 
Hestwood,  Jas.   G. 
Henderson,  Lloyd 
Hernandez,  T. 
Hicks,  Raymond  A. 
Hicka,  Leo  R. 
Hicks,  Harry  E. 
Hicks,  Raymond  W. 
Higgins,  Barney 
Higgins,  Thos.  J. 
Hill,  Horace 
Hill,  Rowland 
Hill,  Frank 
Hill  R.  D. 
Higgins,  Ira 
Hines,  John 
Hines,  W.  6. 
Hobson,  Frank  B. 
Hoffman,  Harry  E. 
Hograve,  Wm. 
Hollenbeck,  Paul  M. 
Holthouse,  L.  E. 
Holloway,  L.  B. 
Holzhauer,  O.  F. 
Hoerler,  H.  Ernest 
Hooper,  Linden  A. 
•Hoover,  Wesley  L. 
Horton,   Thomas 
Home,  John  C. 
Hough,  W.  C. 
Hough,  W.  E. 
Howland,  Cecil 
Howard,  P.  C. 
Hoxie,  Guy  D. 
Holden,  Harvey  L. 


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WAE  HISTORY  OF  SANTA  CLARA  COUNTY 


Howard,  Glenn 
Hoge,  Frank  G. 
Howes,  R.  S. 
Hopping,  Floyd 
House,  Ed 
Howell,  Alfred  V. 
Hosang,  Casper 
Hosang,  George 
Hosang,  Joseph 
Holtzhauer,  W.  G. 
House,  A. 
Howes,  Bay 
Hornlein,  Hugo 
Honzicker,  Louis 
Hograve,  William 
Houser,  Paul 
Houser,  Harry  A. 
Holthouse,  Leo 
Howland,  Cecil 
Hocking,  Thomas 
Hoffman,   Eobin 
Hoover,  Fenton 
Howard,  Graeme 
Howe,  Harold 
Hubbard,  Eugene   C. 
Hubbard,  Geo. 
Hubbard,  Gordail 
Hubbell,  Irving 
Hubbell,  Willis 
Humphries,  Errol  T. 
Humphries,  Bolfe 
Humphries,  Geo.  B. 
Humphries,  John   H. 
Humphries,  Laurence 
Hutchinson,  A.  J.  L. 
Hutchinson,  James  S. 
Hutchinson,  W.  N.  L. 
Huttmann,  Emil 
Huttmann,    Heinrich 
Hurley,  B.  A. 
Hughes,  Frank  M. 
Hubley,  Gilbert  F. 
Hubley,  Phil 
Hughes,  Chas.  P. 
Hughes,  Stanley 
Hughson,  Frank  W. 
Humburg,  Walter 
Hunter,  J.  V. 
Hunter,  John 
Hunter,  M.  J. 
Hunter,  Max 
Huckaby,  Vernon 
Hurley,  B.  W. 
Hurley,  H.  A. 
Hyde,  J.  L. 

I 
Ickler,  George 
Ingleson,  Al 
Ingraham,  Mark 
Ingram,  B.  D, 
Innus,   A.   C. 
Irvine,  Wm. 
Isabel,  George  T. 
Isasca,  Vincent 


Isabel,  Arthur 
Isabel,  A.  L. 
Ivancovich,  Geo. 
Ivancovich,  John 
Ivancovich,  J.  J. 

J 
Jaohnson,  Shirley 
Jackson,  Wm.  T. 
Jaeger,  B. 
Jaeger,  Eugine 
Jackson,  Byron 
Jackson,  Loraine 
James,  Daniel  W. 
Jamison,  A. 
January,  T.  G. 
Janssens,  Gus 
James,  Stanley 
Jahnsen,  C.  B. 
Jacito,  Stevens 
Jacobs,  Nicholas  J. 
Jayet,  W.  E.  B. 
Jaccard,  Victor  A. 
Jahnsen,  Emil  C. 
Jenkinson,  Ellis  L. 
Jenkins,  Harold 
Jensen,  Anton 
Jefferson,  J.  A. 
Jenkins,  Albert  J. 
Jensen,  Henry 
Jenkinson,  Frank   L. 
Jensen,  James  0. 
Jelavich,  Steve 
Jewett,  Harold  W. 
Jepsen,  Ingward 
Jepsen,   Dan 
Jesink,  August 
Jesink,  Harold 
Jesink,  Geo. 
Jesink,  Gus  C. 
Job,  Merle 
Jope,  Clifford  H. 
Johnson,  Lester  M. 
Johnson,  Charles  E. 
Johnson,  Harry  T. 
.Tohansen,  Carl 
Johnson,  J.  Howard 
Johnson,  William 
Johnson,  Harry 
Johnson,  Lloyd 
Johnson,  Oliver  M. 
Johnson,  Leslie  N. 
Johnson,  Ralph  W. 
Johnson,  Oscar  I. 
Johnson,  Milton  H. 
Johnson,  Eustice  Craig 
•Johnson,  Stanley  B. 
Johnson,  Harold  C. 
Johnson,  B.  P. 
Johnson,  Clair  B. 
Johnson,  Lewis  D. 
Johnson,  W.  H. 
Johnson,  Andy 
Johnson,   Dwight 
Johnson,  Donald 


Jayet,    Ernest    J. 
Johnson,  E.  K. 
Johnson,  Foster 
Johnson,  Ira  P. 
Johnson,  Balph 
Jones,  Arthur  E. 
Jones,  Llewellyn 
Jones,  Henry  I. 
Jones,  Marion 
Jones,  Ivor 
Jones,  Baljih  W. 
Jones,  M.  H. 
Jones,  Marion 
Jones,  Earl  B. 
Jones,  John 
Jordan,  Knight 
Johns,  H.  M. 
Johns,  Percy  R. 
Johns,   Stanley 
Juarez,  Edward 
Jury  J.  G. 

K 
Karson,  E.  F. 
Kebby,  Maurice 
Kearney,  Raymond    VV 
Kannely,  C. 
Kassonn,  Eugene  F. 
Kavanaugh,  Bert  B 
Keene,  Frank  D. 
Keesling,  Hayes 
Keesling,  Joe  S. 
Kelly,  F.  W. 
Kelley,  Vivian 
Kelly,  Jos  F. 
Kelley,  Maurice 
Kemling,  Chas.  W. 
Kenney,  Edward  L. 
Keesling,  Russell 
Kennedy,  Hugh  J. 
Keaton,  Lester 
Kennedy,  Scott  J. 
Keep,  Malcolm  C. 
Kensler,  Clarence 
Kelsey,  Willis 
Kent,  Albert 
Kerr,  Chester  W. 
Kent,  Chas. 
Kelly,  Wm. 
Kelly,  John 
Keahey,   Ernest  W. 
Keeler,  P.  B. 
Kelley,  E..,  Jr. 
Keahey,  Frank  B. 
Keopke,  Elmer 
Keller,  Chas.  J. 
Keaton,  Chas.  Henry 
Keaton,   Charles  H. 
Killam,  W.  H, 
Kimber,   John 
Kimler,  Charles 
Kimber,   Arthur    G. 
Kirksey,  Morris  M. 
Kirksey,  F.  B. 
Kimball,  Porter 


Kirksey,  Chas.  G. 
Kifer,  John  F. 
Kiely,  William 
Kimberlin,  James 
Klein,  Emile 
King,  Horace 
Kimberlin,  James  L. 
Kinney,  Baymond  H. 
Kilburn,  Gregg 
King,  Leslie  P. 
Kinnear,  Floyd  F. 
Kirk,  Ormiston  B. 
Kifer,  Jack  F. 
King,  W.  H. 
Klechner,  Thomas 
Klein,  Bichard  R. 
Knoth,  David. 
Kneass,  Ed 
Knight,   Bemi   G. 
Knoth,  Frederick  A 
Knowles,  W.  A. 
Knath,  Frank 
Knickerbocker,  Boy  R. 
Knox,  Harry  G. 
Knoilin,  Ernesto  R. 
Knudsen,  Fred 
Kohner,  Oscar 
Koehle,  George 
Koch,  Ed 
Kokes,  Jos.  E. 
Kottinger,  Harvey  L. 
Kroeber,  L. 
Krafft,  William  H. 
KroU,  Rudolph 
Krakown,  John 
Kratt,  Carl  E. 
Kraiiss,  Lister 
Kreps,  J.  F. 
Kreps,  John 
Krapp,  Harrison 
Kuester,  Jules 
Kuhlman,   Havey   F. 
Kunze,  Burnell 
Kuhlman,  C.  Albert 

L 
Laine,  Frank 
Lacerda,  Manuel 
Langley,  Selwyn  G. 
Landels,  Edw.  D. 
Lawlor,  Milton  V. 
Lake,  Will  H. 
La  Bare,  Wm.  Ernest 
LaFayette,  J.  S. 
Lachmund,  Otto 
Lachmund,  Harry 
La  Piere,  George 
Lantz,  Lyman  A. 
Lane,  Boy  A. 
Lathrop,  Harry  J. 
La  Hue,  Lawrence  L. 
Lavid,  Cecil 
Lake,  F.  W. 
Lamb,  Bernard  B. 
Lam,  Lawrence  E. 


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WAR  HISTORY  OF  SANTA  CLARA  COUNTY 


Laiinin,  Frank  T. 
Lamb,  Harold  N. 
La  Piere,  Arnaud 
Lamb,  John  W. 
Lamb,  Paul 
Lancaster,  Gus 
Landers,  Wm.  H. 
Landon,  Raymond  E. 
Lannin,  Ed 
Lathrop,  Elmer  C. 
Lathrop,  J.  W. 
Lansten,  Roy 
Lamb,  Bernard  B. 
Laughlin,  Burt 
Lavery,  Edward 
Lawlor,  Frank 
Lawnizake,  Albert 
Lawson,  John  T. 
Lawson,  Troy 
Layton,  J.  Harry 
Ladner,  Frank 
I.adner,  Jacob 
T,a>Iarra,  Anthony 
T^adner,  J.  A. 
LaBare,  Wm.  Ernest 
Lapum,  Milton  N. 
Lapum,  Loren 
liang,  John 
Lapsley,  Robert 
Larkey,  John  H. 
Landels,  Wm.  D. 
Lake,  French 
Lasley,  Clinton 
Lavirno,  Paul 
La  Vaque,  Geo. 
Lawlor,  Frank,  Jr. 
J^ayton,  Harry 
LuFovre,   Martin   Lyons 
Lester,  Milton  Morris 
Le  Gue,  Bennett  F. 
Lewis,  Joe 
LeFevre,  Le  Roy 
Leach,  C.  N. 
Leal,  Joe  H. 
Lewis,  Tony 
LeBoyd,  Max 
Lee,  Chas.  A. 
Lee,  F.  Bert 
Lefevre,  Clifford 
Lehman,  Fred 
Lema,  Frank 
Leveieni,  James 
Lewis,  Francis  C. 
Lenox,  L.  T. 
Lehrberger,   John   J. 
Leggett,  Ralph  V. 
Leard,  Frank  J. 
Leith,  Geo. 
Levy,  David 
Lehrberger,  Sam 
Lewis,  James  A. 
Lewis,  Alfred  O. 
Learnard,  Tracy 
Learnard,  Harry 


L?e,  Mvlo 
Lenoard,  Ignatius 
LeFourn,  L. 
Lewis,  Lawrence 
Le  Vecque,  Norman 
Lemon,  Richard 
Leaman,  Geo.  B. 
Liedenburg,  E.  D. 
Lindsey,  Earl 
Lindstrom,  Walter 
Lingua,   Hervey 
Lingua,  S. 
Little,  Deal  A. 
Liggett,  Arthur  G. 
Linesay,  James  R. 
Lindsay,  George 
Lindsay,   Alvin   Earl 
Lindoroth,  Elmer  V. 
Lindroth,  Carl 
Lignori,  Joe 
Lima,  Frank 
Lindroth,  Alvin 
Lima,  Wm. 
Linderoth,  Carl  A. 
Locurto,  Joseph 
Lovett,  E.  R. 
Loucks,  Earnest 
Logue,  James 
Loucks,  Ray  S. 
Loder,  Arthur 
Loucks,  Charles 
Loder,   Edward 
Looney,  Jerry 
Lotts,  Charles 
Lorenzini,  Max  J. 
Logue,  James 
Lobrie,  Philip 
Lockwood,  Louis 
Lodge,  Ed  E. 
Logan,  Joseph  P. 
Lopez,  Andreas  C. 
Lopez,  Frank  6. 
Lowden,  F.  E. 
Lowden,  H.  M. 
Lord,  Alfred 
Lobdcll,  Jesse 
Loganecker,  Mervyn 
Lopez,  Frank 
Loomis,  S.  M. 
Ijong,  Chas.  R. 
Loomis,  Clarence 
Lowe,  Robert  M. 
Lyons,  Carl  Albin 
Lopes,  Louis 
Little,  Arch  W. 
Lorquin,  Wm.  H. 
Love,  Alroyd 
Lueddeman,  Hillmau 
Lukanitsch,  A.  J. 
Lukanitsch,  A. 
Lupton,  Edward 
Lundin,  Aimer  B. 
Lusk,  Murray  D. 
Lynch,  John  J. 


Lynton,  Edward  D. 
Lyons,  Wm.  A. 
Lyn,  George 
Lyons,    Heber   G. 
Lyndon,  Percy 
Lynn,  Leo  F. 
M 
Martin,  M.  P. 
Martin,  D.  E. 
Maynard,  Harry 
Mandell,  J.  O. 
Mayock,  Wilburn 
Mayock,   Robert 
Mathiesen,  Spencer 
Martin,  George  H. 
Mathisen,  Lee 
Mallet,  Richard 
Mainero,  Angelo 
Martin,  J.  M. 
Martin,  Philip 
Mars,  Julius 
Mattos,  Daniell  F. 
Matteis,  M.  C. 
Maekey,  Thomas  E. 
Marcus,  Eliag 
Marenco,  Fred 
Marenco,  Phillip 
MacGowan,  Frank 
Mauchle,  John  P. 
Margolate,  D. 
Martin,  Karl  W. 
Martin,  James  C.  Jr. 
Matson,  Ralph  J. 
Marten,  Berg  L. 
Marckres,  C.  C. 
Matzek,  Anton  E. 
Mallory,  Sumner  D. 
Maynard,  J.  H. 
Mariante,  Joseph 
Marselli,  Joe 
Maloney,  John 
Malcolm,  Vernon  G. 
Markin,  Donald  A. 
Markin,  A. 
Maloney,  H.  W. 
Maloney,  Oliver  J. 
Martin,  E.  W. 
Martin,  Justin 
Martin,  Philip 
Matheson,  James 
Mathison,  John  G. 
Mather,  B. 
Mattos,  Manuel 
Maurer,  Edward 
Maryhoffer,  L.  F. 
Mannix,  W.  F. 
Martin,  Douglas  E. 
Mahan,  J. 
Muddox,  Albert  E. 
Matheson,  George  E. 
Marriott,  Joe 
Martin,  Roy 
Martin,  Joseph  G. 
MacGregor,  Owen 


Madsen,  Herbert  H. 
Maegly,  C.  F. 
Maingueneau,  Faustin 
Maloni,  John 
Maisoneuve,  Joseph  A. 
Malla,  Andrew 
Maloof,  Fritz 
Maloy,  Arthur  H. 
Malvine,  Antone 
Malvine,  Vincent    . 
Manchester,  Howard 
Mann,  Frank  W. 
Mansfield,  Archie 
Marvins,  John 
Marquardt,  Harry 
Marquardt,  Robert 
Matheis,   M.  C. 
Marshall,  Levi  H. 
Marshman,  Donald  M. 
Martin,  Donald 
Martin,  John 
Martin,    Manuel    W. 
Martinez,  Fredie 
Marvin,  Harold  C. 
Mark,  Arthur  M. 
Matteis,  Michael 
Matts,  Manuel 
Maulbecker,  Joseph 
Maynard,  Jack  H. 
Maxwell,  Wm.  E. 
Mayo,  Geo. 
Martell,  Alfred  Jr. 
Mason,  Alvin 
Maekey,  Walter 
Mason,  Leo 
Machado,  Joe 
Macabee,  Raymond 
Mead,  Hudson  S. 
Merritt,  Russell 
Mendoza,  M.  J. 
Merion,  George 
Megua,  Salvator  J. 
Merzel,  Robert 
Mendoza,  Frank 
Mesa,  Albert 
Meador,  James 
Melanson,  R.  A. 
Melathy,  Toney 
Mello,  Rossell 
Meisel,  Carl  G. 
Melvin,  Chas. 
Menzel,  Wm. 
Meredith,  Hal 
Melsome,  W.  H. 
Merz,  John  R. 
Mersing,  Henry  L. 
Mettler,  Ernest 
Meyer,  Luther 
Meynier,  Lester  A. 
Mezzacapper,  M.  A. 
Mitchell,  F.  Wilbur 
Mitchell,  Ralph  O. 
Miller,  Walter  Geo. 
Minshall,  P.  E. 


55 


WAR  HISTORY  OP  SANTA  CLARA  COUNTY 


Mitchell,  Clarence  L. 

Minion,,  Earl  D. 

Millar,  George 

Miller,  E.  R. 

Miller,  Chester 

Miller,  James 

MiUartl,  Walter 

Miller,  Earl  W. 

Miller,  Harvey  E. 

Millet,  Harry  C. 

Mills,  James  F. 

Mills,  Samuel  L. 

Mills,   Victor  V. 

Mishard,   Lesley 

Mitchell,  Arthur 

Mitchell,  Paul  A. 

Miller,  Leslie 

Mills,  Frank 

Mitchell,  Harold 

Mitchell,  Douglass   C. 
Midar,  Miho 

Misita,  Zioks 
Micholson,  Charles 
Mitchell,  Mowatt 
Mine,  Henry 
Miner,  L.  B. 
Minor,  Ernest 
Miller,  W.  H. 
Morrison,  Boy 
Mulcahy,  Francis 
Morgan,  R.  E. 
Morhardtt,  R. 
Myers,  Wm.  Dean 
Afoores,  Walter 
Moores,  Earnest 
Moore,  Roseo 
Mulch,  Chas. 
Mulch,  Ed 
Munroe,  Chas. 
Mooney,  Walter 
Motsch,  Albert 
Montgomery,  James 
Montoy,  Alendin 
Morgan,  John 
Morgan,  Percy 
Mosher,  Harold 
Morrison,  J.  L. 
Morrison,  Clarence 
Morrison,   Bruce   S. 
Moore,  Harold  C. 
Morgan,  Bobley  T. 
Mosher,  Austin  W. 
Moore,  Russell  P. 
Morettini,    Peter    F. 
Moore,   Herbert  B.   S. 
Mourier,  Edward  E 
Moon,  S.  A. 
Monahan,  Jimmie 
Moore,  Clarence  V. 
Moore,  Roseoe 
Mooers,  Ernest 
Moorefield,  J.  P. 
Montgomery,  Bialto 
Morahow,  James 


Morillo,  A.  A. 

Morris,  Eugene  F. 

Mortenson,  R.  H. 

Mortimer,  Cecil 

Mortimer,    Wm.    C. 

Morton,  Everett  A. 

Motsch,  Albert 

Morell,  Chas.  R. 

Mork,  Donald 

Moore,  Wm.  T. 

Morgan,  Wm. 

Moore,  Henry  J. 

Moore,  Grant 

Moore,  William 

Moore,  William  L. 

Moore,  Elvert 

Morgan,  John  H. 

Montgomery,  S.  J. 

Mock,  George 

Morgan,  F.  E. 

Mork,  Knut  J. 
Morse,  Herbert 
Mosher,  Rubin 
Moule,  Axtell 
Mostavas,   Spiro 
Moore,  Wm.  L. 
Morton,  Victor  J. 
Montoy,  Albert 
Murray,  Francis 
Murry,  Frederick 
Murphy,  Edward  A. 
Murphy,  Wm.  H. 
Murphy,  Wm.  J. 
Murphy,  Wm.  H. 
Musachia,  Joseph 
Murphy,  W.  J. 
Murrin,  Frank  J. 
Muckle,  James 
Musso,  Vincent  E. 
Mullen,  Earl  J. 
Muller,  Victor  R. 
Mullis,  W.  E. 
Murphy,  H.  Wayne 
Murphy,  S.  F. 
Murray,  Robert  H. 
Musachia,  Joe  A. 
Musser,  H.  L. 
Munford,  Gaddy  B. 
Murphy,  H.  J. 
Mc. 
McAbbee,   Nestor   J. 
McAbee,  Leland  G. 
McAfee,  Herbert 
McAllister,  J.  J. 
McBride,   D.   W. 
McCarthy,  Dan  F. 
McCaffrey,  Wm. 
McCann,  James 
McClellan,  Lotice 
McConnel,  Frederick 
McCreight,  Boy 
McCutcheon,  Preston  L. 
McCartie,  D. 
McCallum,  Bobert 


McCallum,  R.  E. 
McCarthy,  Neal 
McCauley,  John  Leo 
McCartney,    Allan    G. 
McCauley,  Leo  J. 
McChesney,  H.  A. 
McChesney  ,R.  C. 
McCombs,  John 
McCracken,  David 
McCarthy,  Charles  R. 
McClellan,  Paul 
McComb,   Henry 
McCuUough,  Gilbert 
McDonald  L. 
McDermott,    Jonis 
McDowell,  Wm. 
McDonald,  Bruce,  Jr. 
McDonald,  Jerome 
McDonald,  Sidney  J. 
McElroy,  Gerald 
McEwen,  D. 
McGrady,  Neal 
McGlashan,  Arthur 

McGorray,  Leland  G. 

McGuire,   Arthur 

McGill,  Clive  H. 

McGill,  R.  B, 

McGilvray,  Malcolm 

McGettigan,   W.   H. 

McHatton,  F'orrest 

McKellips,   Earl   R. 

McKinney,  Verne 

McKenzie,  Fred 

McKnight,  Edwin  J. 

McLaren,  James 

McLean,  Mauriice  C. 

McLachlan,   George 

McManus,  Chas. 

McMillan,   Percy  W. 

McMurtry,  Amos  M. 

McNair,  Donald 

McPheeters,  J.  1. 

McQuerney,   Arthur. 

McReynolds,  L.  J. 

MeVey,  Archie 

McVey,   Clarence 

McWilliams,   Clarence 

McWhorter,  Walter  8. 
N 

Naas,  August 

Naas,  Henry 

Nayler,  S.  F. 

Naylor,  Frank 

Nathanson,  Norman  J. 

Napolitano,  Joe 

Napoliano,  William  G. 

Nason,  James  C. 

Navarra,  Joseph 

Narvaes,  William  J. 

Narvaez,   Ray 

Narvaez,  August 

Narvaez,  Arthur 

Narvaez,   Daniel 

Narvaez,  John 


Narvaez,  Stanley 

Navoni,  Luciano 

Neasham,  Edward 

Neasham,  William 

Newman,  Chas. 

Newman,  A. 

Nelson,  Frank  C. 

Newes,  John 

Neiders,  Herman  J. 

Nelson,  Gilbert 

Nelson,  Louis 

Newcomb,  Gilbert  B. 

Nelson,  Oscar  M.  F. 

Neising,  Alfred  J. 

Nei,  Frank  J. 

Nelson,  Philip 

Nefson,  Alvin  T. 

Newlin,  Albert 

Nelson,  Alvin  T. 

Needham,  Boy 

Neilson,  Harry  J. 

Neilson,  Carl 

Nelson,  Norman 

Nicholas,  C.  W. 
Nicholas,   Camilla 
Nicholas,  Alfred 
Nicholas,  Frank 
Nieble,  H.  L. 
Nichols,  Jack 
Nino,  Clement 
Nino,  Edward 
Nino,  Oliver 
Nichols,  Alan 
Nicholson,  Lester 
Nicholson,  George  A. 
Nino,  Edw.  G. 
Nickerson,  W. 
Nissen,  Herman 
North,  John,  Jr. 
Noddin,  Hector  M. 
Nordcn,  Wm.  E. 
Nunes,  Frank 
Norton,  John  K. 
Nola,  — 

Nunes,  Manuel  J. 
Null,  Wallace 
Nye,  Chester 
Nye,  George 
O 
Gates,  Thomas 
Odlin,  Cyril 
Offield,  Olin 
Ogelvie,  Clarence 
dander,  Edward 
Olinder,  Lawrence  G. 
Oliver,  Loney  B. 
Oliver,  Joe  B. 
Oliver,  Frank 
Oliver,  John 
Olsen-Seffer,  Thor 
Oldham,  W. 
Olsen,  Chester 
Olsen,  Harry 
Olsen,  John 


56 


WAR  HISTORY  OF  SANTA  CLARA  COUNTY 


Olsen,  C.  J. 
Oliver,  Wm. 
Olino,  Thomas 
Olaine,  Grant 
Oliver,  Manual 
Oliver,  A.  J. 
Oliver,  William 
Oliva,  Oscar  L. 
Olsom,  Chester 
Oppenheimer,  Balph  E. 
Orlando,  Dick 
Orr,  Chas. 
Orselli,  Renaldo 
Ortega,  Bennie  E. 
Osborne,  Lawrence 
Ostenburg,  U. 
Ostrander,  Frank 
Otrich,  Sumral  Oscar 
Owen,  R.  Lewis 
Owen,  W.  W. 
Owen,  Harold  E. 
Owen,  John 
O'Brein,  Frank  J. 
O'Brien,  Lester  E. 
O'Connell,  Daniel 
O'Connell,  Frank 
O'Connell,  A.  F. 
O'Connor,  Francis 
O'Connor,  Frank 
O  'Connor,  Percy 
O'Neill,  James 
O'Connor,  Bhody 
O'Leary,  Tim 
O'Leary,  J.  A. 
O'Neale,  Lester  G. 
O'Shaunessy,  Richard  J. 
O'Brien,  Ed 
O  'Neill,  — 
O'Neel,  Roy 
Osbourne,  Allan 

P 
Park,  Roy  E. 
Parks,  Ray 
Parkinson,  Robert 
Paul,  W.  Glae 
Paul,  William 
Paul,  W.  Glae 
Paulsen,  Jaspar 
Paulsen,  Jasper 
Parkinson,  Robert 
Panke,  Herman  E. 
Palmer,  Robert  P. 
Pangelina,  Attic 
Patheal,  Mark  H. 
Parmenter,  A. 
Padley,  Robert 
Patterson,  Chas.  E. 
Padley,  Robert  C. 
Page,  Jack 
Pau,  Pablo  M. 
Panagetti,  Gildo 
Paredes,  Antonio 
Parkenson,  Chester 
Parmenter,  Arthur 


Parker,  George  K. 
Parker,  Genne 
Parr,  Al 

Pashote,  John  E. 
Parton,  Lucas  H. 
Paul,  — 

Payne,  Edgar  L. 
Paulson,  Nels 
Passatino,  Salvatore  C. 
Paulman,  Arthur  T. 
Papovich,  Nikola 
Parker,  Stanley  8. 
Parker,  Clifton  F. 
Parr,  Elmer 
Paul,  Leland 
Payne,  Alan 
Patron,  Jr.,  Lucas 
Pankoskii,  Joe 
Pareire,  George  A. 
Parker,  Clifford 
Parsons,  W.  C. 
Paulson,  Sante 
Payton,  Guy 
Parra,  Louie 
Parmelee,  John 
Petersen,  Chas.  W. 
Peck,  Clinton  B. 
Peck,  Alan 
Pearce,  Clarence 
Pederson,  John  J. 
Peel,  Humphrey 
Pelton,  Loyd 
Penion,  — 
Penney,  B.  W. 
Pennington,  Richard  L. 
Perry,  Chester  M. 
Perry,  Nelson 
Perry,  Raymond  J. 
Perry,  Howard  B. 
Perry,  Manuel 
Perry,  Joseph 
Perry,  Milton 
Perry,  Oscar  B. 
Perry,  Earl 
Pestarino,  Fortunato 
Pestariao,   Frank   D. 
Pestonia,  Earl 
Pettitt,  Thomas  P. 
Petree,  Neil  H. 
Perham,  Don 
Perham,  Philip 
Peterson,  Morris 
Peterson,  Chas  L. 
Peterson,  Frank  B. 
Peterson,  George 
Perks,  Edward  L. 
Pearson,  Roy 
Pearson,  Perry 
Pearson,  Elmer  A. 
Pellissier,  Edouard 
Pettit,  James  Asa 
Pedemond,  Charles 
Peary,  Milton 
Pereira,  George 


Petlier,  Victor  M. 
Pendo,  Dusan 
Pederson,  Chris 
Pceinelli,  Romolo 
Percy,  John 
Percy,  W.  J. 
Percy,  J.  M. 
Percy,  Johnson 
Peabody,  P.  T. 
Pfeffer,  Raymond  J. 
Pfeifle,  Fredric 
Pfau,  L.  J. 
Phelan,  Elzear  C. 
Phelps,  Thomas 
Phillips,  Bertram 
Phillip,  B. 
Phillips,  Claude  W. 
Pinard,  Edward 
Pitman,  Hayden 
Pimental,  Thomas 
Pimentill,  John 
Pinard,  Lloyd  E. 
Pierce,  Harold 
Picetti,  Leodardo 
Pilhashy,  Milton 
Pierson,  Geo.  E. 
Pichetti,  Attillo 
Pichetti,  Hector 
Pierson,  Dwight  W. 
Pidaucet,  Peter  F. 
Pieracci,  luigi 
Pierini,  E. 
Pierson,  F. 
Pinn,  John 
Pizzo,  J. 
Plaven,  Louis 
Plummer,   Arthur 
Plaskett,  Ralph  B. 
Plummer,  Frank  N. 
Potts,  Reginald  F. 
Potts,  Thomas  8. 
Power,  H. 
Poncet,  Robt.  J. 
Poll,  Edward 
Poll,  Albert 
Porter,  Marion  E. 
Potter,   John    Godsil 
Poulson,  Edward  L. 
Powers,  Edward 
Pourroy,  John 
Poppleton,   Glenmore 
Powelson,  Russell 
Poncelet,  William 
Pope,  W.  W. 
Prosser,  Marshall 
Pratt,  Melvin 
Preisker,  William  H. 
Preston,  B.  C. 
Price,  Longonerville 
Price,  Melvin 
Price,  Edgar  H. 
Price,  W.  W. 
Proseus,  Paul 
Prisk,  Joseph 


Prader,  Dave 
Presho,  Stanley  I. 
Priest,  Ray 
Proseus,  Raymond 
Provan,  Howard 
Prouse,  J. 
Prouse,  Francis  J. 
Prussia,  Leland 
Prior,  Roy  J. 
Priestly,  Vivian  H. 
Presho,  Harold  B. 
Presho,  Harry  C. 
Pratt,    Harold    Osmond 
Purviance,  Dorsey 
Puhara,  Mitchel 
Puterbaugh,  William  B. 
Purviance,  Dorsey 
Pury,  Frank 
Pyne,  Geo. 

Q 

Quale,  Fred 

B 
Rameri,   Leo   C. 
Bamazini,  Sylvester 
Rausa,   Frank 
Rawle,   Nelson   M. 
Rayburn,  Geo.  L. 
Ramezane,  M.  J. 
Radolovich,   Gjuro 
Badolovich,  Petar 
Baineri,   Leo   C. 
Rankin,  Earnest 
Balph,   B.   M. 
Ray,  James  C. 
Ramsey,    Frank 
Radulovich,    Spiro    S. 
Kaines,  Herbert 
Ramke,  Henry 
Raberio,  Joseph 
Restive,   Pete 
Beams,    Samuel 
Reese,  Merle 
Reihon,  Otto  A. 
Reid,  C.  Belmont 
Beinhold,  Henry 
Renn,  Levi 
Renter,    Jack 
Revallier,  Martes  E. 
Reinhold,  William  Jr. 
Tledwine,    Clyde 
Bea,  John  A. 
Rea,  Harold 
Reynold,  H.  B. 
Reams,  Sam 
Regnart,   Vie. 
Reinhold,    Henry 
Rheinholt,   H. 
Rhodes,    Loring 
Rhodes,    W.    H. 
Rhodes,   W.  G. 
Rianda,   Roy 
Bice,   Gregory 
Bice,   Virgie 
Bice,   Clarence   D. 


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WAR  HISTORY  OF  SANTA  CLARA  COUNTY 


Eice,  Raymond  E. 
Eice,   Roland 
Richman,  Dan 
Riando,    George 
]?i:3k8,   Thomas 
Eideout,  B.  Ransome 
Richmond,  Cedrie 
Richmond,    George   B. 
Richmond,    Russell   T. 
Riley,    Heribert 
Rines,  Ernest   H. 
Ring,   Ross 
Eichards,   B.   A. 
Eiordan,  Harold  J. 
Eichards,   Glen   F. 
Eiese,   Paul   Ernest 
Eichard,  Ernest  Leroy 
Eispand,  J.   A. 
Eiggs,  M.  G. 
Eiggs,  Murray  H. 
Eisling,  Ernest 
Eisling,   Jay 
Eizzuti,   Joe 
Eosin,   A.   P. 
Eose,   Frank 
Rowland,   W.  J. 
Rockwell,   Harrold 
Roll,  John  H. 
EoUs,  Walace  P. 
Robinson,  John  H. 
Robles,   Bicard 
Rocca,   John 
Robinson,   George 
Robershotle,  Merle 
Roleri,  Louie 
Rose,   A.  E. 
Rodriguez,    Leo 
Roth,   Shirley 
Hobbiano,  Peter 
Rowe,   Robt. 
Rowler,   Felinore 
Robertson,    Norman    M. 
Roberts,   Edwin    M. 
Robertson,   R.   F. 
Roberts,  Henry  L. 
Rock,    William   P. 
Rockwell,  Fred  M. 
Eodgers,  F.  H. 
Eodoni,   Samuel 
Rodoni,    Walter 
Eodriquez,  Edward 
Sogers,  Frederick  E. 
Eoland,   Donald 
Eomano,  Charles 
Eomano,   Tony 
Rouk,   Frank  S. 
Rose,  Joe 
Rose,  Joe  C. 
Eose,  Delos  H. 
Bounds,  Eugene  H. 
Eouillot,  J. 
Rouillot,  Victor  P. 
Eowan,    John    P. 
Rogers,   Hiram   E. 


Roberts,  Joseph  L. 
Rockwell,    Harold    A. 
Boll,   Bert 
Eoberts,   E.    W. 
Boots,    Thomas   P. 
Bodman,    H.   P. 
Eossi,   Louis   A. 
Eenaldo,  John 
Robart,  August  T. 
itobart,   Eugene 
Eobart,    Leon 
Bobertson,  B.  T. 
Eockwell,    John 
Eohner,    Arnold 
Eose,  Thomas  J. 
Ross,  John   Stanley 
Roy  David  J. 
Rosselli,   Olympic   E. 
Bowe,  Earnest  W. 
Bowe,   Howard 
Bowland,   U.   J. 
Eowley,  Ray 
Roy,  David  G. 
Eulon,   Chas.   E. 
Bulon  George  C. 
Butan,  George  C. 
Rummelsburg,  Arthur 
Eupp,    F.    Alex. 
Bussell,  J.   H. 
Russell,   Duncan    C. 
Russell,  James 
Russell,    William    A. 
Rumbold,   Wm. 
Bucker,  Chas.  B. 
Eudelph,   Allen 
Ryan,  Thomas  G. 
Ryan,  T. 
Ryan,  R. 
Ryan,   Michael 

S 
Sakota,   Nick 
Salazar,  Manuel 
Saldivia,  J.  L. 
Salaraon,  Cark  E. 
Sanchez,   Fred   S. 
Sanchez,   Manuel    R. 
Sanders,  Claude  K. 
Sanseri,  Peter 
Sarro,  Mike 
Savery,  Ernest  H. 
Savstrom,  William 
Sawyer,   Hector   A. 
Sanders,   B.   W. 
Sawyer,  Carl  A. 
Sams,  Claud 
Sassenrath,    Julius    J. 
Saldivia,  Joe 
Saldivia,  Fred 
Sayre,  P.  L. 
Saulan,  Nick  P. 
Sanford  Herbert  B. 
Sawyer,  Ralph 
Sawyer,  C.  A. 
Sawyer,    R.    W. 


Sakots,  Nichola 

Sanders,  Fredrick 

Saunders,  Ray 

Saunders,   Ward 

Sanders,  Julian 

Sanders,  Fred 

Samis,  Milton  P. 

Sanford,  Burnett 

Sawyer,  Dwight  L. 

Saures,   M.  B. 

Santos,   John 

Sebbers,  Joe 

Sells,  Alva 

Sedge,  Emil 

Sehmitt,  Herman 

Sehmitt,  Prank 

Schultz,  Kurt 

Schroeder,  Herbert 

Scaletta,  Paul 

Schaffner,    Arthur 

Schaufel,   Wm.    E. 

Schausten,  Otto  J. 

Sehausten,   Rudelph     A. 

Schnauer,  Roy 

Schnitzler,    Austin    P. 

Scalini,    D. 

Schener,    W. 

Schemmel,  Prank  P. 
Schramm,   Bennett   L. 
Scott,  Eugene  L. 
Schrader,  Hall  S. 
Schwartz,  J.   E. 
Scorsur,  John 
Scott,   P.   6. 
Schultz,  Carl 
Schaupp,  Karl 
Schilling,  Carl 
Schilling,  John  W. 
Schlageter,  H. 
Schnetzler,  Stanley  S. 
Schroeder,  Dexter  W. 
Schultheis,  Prank  P. 
Schutte,  Leo 
Scofield,  W.  L.  • 

Scarpa,  Arestie  B. 
Scott,  Walter 
Scott,  Quito 
Schaffner,  Geo 
Schramm,  Bennett  L. 
Schraus,   Paul 
Schultz,    Fred 
Scholten,   Harry 
Schultz,  Wm. 
Schein,    Sidney 
Schutte,  Leo  Arthur 
Scheideuberger,  C.  J. 
Schaffner,   Fred 
Schuman,  James  E. 
Schleuter,  Edward 
Seavey,  Levi  W. 
Seibert,  Arthur  J, 
Sears,  Bernard  6. 
Sebrian,  Lawrence  G. 
Sedgwick,  Copley 


Selaya,  Fred 
Sell,   Edward 
Sellers,  Henry 
Semind,  A.  S. 
Semondi,   6. 
Semoiidi,    John    J. 
Serpa,   L.   Bobt. 
Sevetman,  Manoah  N. 
Sepulveda,  Wm.  M. 
Semino,  Angelo 
Seward,  S.  S. 
Sedgewick,   Darrell 
Seibert,  Walter  A. 
Sereno,    Rifine    G. 
Semas,    Jose 
Seller,  Elmo  M. 
Sherbondy,  Howard 
Shofer,    Loyd   N. 
Shoemaker,  J.   Philo 
Shafer,    Harold 
Shannon,   E.   D. 
Shannon,  Wm.  Ford 
Shaw,  E.  J. 
Shaw,  J.   W. 
Sheldon,   Howard 
Sheppard,   Chas.   E. 
Sheppard,    Gerrald   R. 
Shields,   Lester 
Shirley,  Elser  I. 
Shirley,  Chas  A. 
Shrier,  Clair  C. 
Short,    Maxwell 
Shorrocks,  Rollin  A. 
Shepard,  Fred 
Sheldon,  Joe  W. 
Shefosish,   Stanley 
Shepherd,  P.  H. 
Sherman,  Alfred 
Shedd,  W.  A. 
Sherman,  Richard 
Shone,  Bert 
Shone,  Wynn 
Show,  Joseph  H. 
Show,  Joseph 
Sheppard,   B.   J. 
Shelton,    Geo. 
Shepard,  Eevesell 
Shaw,  E.  E.  Jr. 
Shannon,  Ernest 
Sherbondy,  Howard  L. 
Sherman,  Arthur  P. 
Silva,  Ernest 
Silva,   A.   B. 
Silva,   John 
Silva,   John   P. 
Silva,   Prank  E. 
Sillman,  John  C. 
Sills,  Brock 
Siilveira,  Manuel  M. 
Simkins,  E.  E.  J. 
Sisich,  Gjuro 
Sisich,  Todov 
Sing,  Louis 
Sitacci,  Walter 


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Siemas,   Jos.   F. 
Siemas,  M.  F. 
Silva,    Clarence 
Silva,    Frank 
Silva,   George 
Silva,  Joseph  J. 
Silveira,  Manuel  F. 
Silveira,  John  G. 
Simas,  Manuel  M. 

Simon,  Cecil 

Simmons,   L.   E. 

Sinclair,    Roy 

Simonds,    E. 

Simonoli,    George 

Simonoli,    John 

Simonsen,   Chas. 

Simonsen,    Geo. 

Simpson,   Carl  M. 

Singleton,   James 

Singleton,   Paul 

Silacci,  Silvo 

Siclen,  Glen  Van 

Siclen,  Robt.  Van 

Silva,  Joseph  J. 

Simmons,  Clarence  W. 

Shank,  Cecil 

Siedenburg,   E.   D. 

Skelton,  Clarence 

Sloss,  John  W. 

Blade,  Frankin 

Slocum,  G.  R. 

Slatore,  Lee  Roy 

Slater,  Kenneth 

Slater,  Marion 

Smith,  Melville 

Smith  Roscoe 

Smith,  Virgil 

Slocum,  L.  H. 

Smith,  Earl 

Smith,  Fred 

Smith,  Jules 
Smith,  Stewart 
Smith,  Walter 
Smith,  Samuel  M. 
Smith,  Harold  E. 
Smith,  Clinton 
Smith,  Harry 
Smith,  Earl 
Smith,  Wm.  R. 
Smith,  Earl  W. 
Smith,  Gilbert 
Smith,  Chauneey  D. 
Smith,  Howard 
Smith,   Guy 
Smith,  Roy  D. 
Smith,  Burton 
Smith,  Alger  T. 
Smith,   Leon   L. 
Smith,  Ralph  L. 
Smith,   C.   V. 
Smith,  George 
Smith,  Guy  W. 
Smith  Ira  M. 
Smith,  John  Clark 


Smith,   Geo.   L. 

Smith,  Melville  L. 

Smith,   Henry   O. 

Smith,  Alvin 

Smith,   Burton   B. 

Smithy,  J.   F. 

Smoot,   Ignacio   B. 

Smithson   Edgar 

Small,  James 

Snyder,   Alonzo   J. 

Snell,  Kenneth 

Snell,   Geo.   Cliifford 

Snell,  Ed.  L. 

Sohm,  Carl  W. 

Soiffer,    Morris 

Solari,  Anthony  H. 

Soto,  James 

Southin,  Driver  H. 

Souza,  Joe 

Scares,   Samie 

South,  Chas.  D.  Jr. 

Sonnichsen,  Andrew 

Sonnichsen,  Chris 

Soper,  Ralph 

Souza,  le,  Joe  Antonio 

Sousa,  — 
Soso,  Milton 
Spagnoli,  Antonio 
Spatz,  Harry 
Sperring,  Axel  A. 
Spieer  C.   R. 
Spingola,  Joseph 
Sprenger,  Harry  B. 
Spreitz,   C.   A. 
Spring,  Stanley  W. 
Sporleder,  Roy 
Sporleder,  William 
Spedding,  Jos.   W. 
Spencer,   Hume   F. 
Spencer,    Hume   Francis 
Spegemann,   Will 
Spegemann,   Walter 
Sprague,  Fred 
Spear,  Leslie 
Sproles,  Harris  B. 
Spydam,  Clinton 
Spencer,  Roy 
Spry,  J.  Warren 
Stevens,  Lawrence  O. 
Stevens  ,Thad  W. 
Stewart,  M.   M. 
Stewart,  B.  G. 
Stewart,    Robt   W. 
•  Stoke,  David  J.  D. 
Stokes,  Olbert 
Storie,    Norman 
Strong,   Alfred 
Storm,   Hans  O. 
Stout,   Henry  C. 
Stuart,  Lester  V. 
Stocking,   Clyde   H. 
Stenger,    E. 
Streicher.  » 

Steinagel,   C.   C. 


Steinagel,  Harry 

Stenger  Eugene  M. 

Stevens,  Everett  M. 

Stevens,  Harley  L. 

Stevens,  Henry  D. 

Stepka,  Frank  J. 

Stelling,  John  Floyd 

Stephenson,  B. 

Staats,    Albert 

Staats,  E. 

Stenger,  Eugene 

Stevens,  C.  H. 

Steinhart,    Stuart    M. 

Stone,  S.  W. 

Starr,    Robert 

Starr,   Arthur 

Stern,  R.  M. 

Strueher,  John 

Stanley,  Camillus 

Stanley,  Edward  J.  Jr. 

Stanley,  George 

Stanley,  Herbert 

Stanton,  James 

Staniford,  Paul 

Stevens,  Archie 

Stevens,  Blaine 

Stewart,  Floyd 

Stewart,  Vernon  F. 
Stillson,  Fredrich 
Stolz,  H.  R. 
Stuart,  Arch  B. 
Stuart,  Floyd  W. 
Stephens,  W.  H. 
Sturla,  Fred 
Stau,   Clarence 
Stau,  Elbert 
Sterne,  Warrern 
Storie,  Robt.  M. 
Stumble,  Stephen 
Studendorf,  Harry 
Sturla,  Louis 
Sturla,  John  G. 
Stocking,  Clyde 
Sturla,   Fred 
St.  Goar,  — 
Staack,  Fred 
Stafford,  Charles 
Sturla,  John 
Sund,  Noble 
Sullivan,  Arthur 
Sullivan,  Andrew  H. 
Sullivan,  Theodore 
Suttich,  John   W. 
Sulivan,    W.    F. 
Snares,  Manuel  B. 
Sweet,  F.  W. 
Sweet,  D.  H. 
Sweet,  Gerald 
Swank,  Wm.  H. 
Sweari  gen,  Kenneth  M. 
Shannoi  ,  Ernest 
Swansoii,  Albert  L. 
Swarner    C.  O. 
Sweeney  W.  J. 


Sweet,  Howard 
Swall,  Leo 
Sweitzer,    Erwin    F. 
Swensen,   Oscar   M. 
Sweigert,  Cloyd  J. 
Swords,    William   J. 
Swanson,   Senus 
Swanson,    Lenna  * 

Swetnam,    M.   N. 
Sweeney,  Carl 
Sweeney,   Roy 
Swank,  Henry 
Sweeney,    Tom 
Swinkoski,  Fred 
Swain,    C.    A. 
Sylvester,  Joseph 
Sylva,  Joseph 
T 
Talbot,  G.  C. 
Taft,  Loyd 
Taft,  Loyd  H. 
Taranto,  John 
Tarleton,  Loyd 
Taspo,  L.  Robert 
Taff,  Leverett 
Talboy,  Irwin 
Talboy,   William 
Taylor,  Frank  J. 
Taylor,  Leroy  E. 
Taylor,  Quimby 
Tavares,  Joe 
Tubash,  I'^ank 
Talia,  Nick  A. 
Tabash,  Gustavo 
Tarleton,  Geo.  Eber 
Tapie,  Ernest 
Taylor,  Chester 
Tansley,  J. 
Tabash,  Frank 
Taft,  George 
Teggert,  James 
Telfer,  Warren  J. 
Telfer,   Waldo 
Tegges,  Wm.  G. 
Teixeira,  George 
Terry,  Forest 
Tevis,  Roland 
Templin,  Ernest 
Thompson,  Fred  G. 
Thompson,  Jr.,  Jarvis 
Thornton,  Walter 
Thompson,  Ray  F. 
Thayer,  Milton  E. 
Thayer,  Howard  F. 
Thayer,  Henry 
Theren,  Robert  E. 
Thomas,  Arthur  C. 
Thomas,  Kenneth 
Thomas,  Walter 
Thompson,   Fred 
Thompson,  Alfred  G. 
Thompson,  Everett 
Thompson,  Leslie  C. 
Thompson,  L.  C. 


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WAR  HISTORY  OP  SANTA  CLARA  COUNTY 


Thompson,  William 
Thompson,  Glenn  W. 
Thomson,  Fred  6. 
Thomas,  O.  H. 
Thomas,  Jerome  B. 
Thompson,  Jr.,  F.  A. 
Thomas,  Wm.  A. 
Thomas,  Clayton 
Thompson    O.  M. 
Thorn,  Arthuur 
Thompson,  Elwin  V. 
Tilley,  Homer  J. 
Timlen,  William 
Tillson,  Warren 
Tinney,  Francis 
Timlig,  Thomas 
Tonkin,  Chester 
Tomlinson,    Alfred 
Tophom,  Eoy  Beeves 
Todd,  T. 
Tost,  Frank 
Tobey,  Adrian  V. 
Tombling,  L.  K. 
Tomlinson,  Walter 
Topping,  Harry 
Todd,  Bert 
Todd,  Percy 
Tollner,  Alfred 
Towner,  F.  A. 
Toy,  C.  W. 
Trimble,  Teviis  M. 
Tramutolo,   Tony 
Tripp,  Roy  B. 
Trainer,  Bert 
Trench,  V. 
Trimbell,  Tevis 
Traynor,  Lee  J. 
Triguera,   Frank   T. 
1'ruax,  Ralph  A. 
Trogden,  Arthur  E. 
Trimble,  C. 
Tripp,  Russell  B. 
Trap,  Ward 
Trone,  Willard  V. 
Trap,  James 
True,  Alfred 
True,  Raymond 
Trulsen,  Elsworth 
Troxell,  Harold  C. 
Trainer,  Elmer 
Truesdale,  Clarence 
Tuluier,  C. 
Tustin,  John  L. 
Turner,  Floyd  A. 
Tupper,  John  H. 
TuUy,  Geo.  H. 
Tully,  Sil 
Tuebner,  Ernest 
Tucker,  Perry 
Tupper,  Clyde 
Turner,  E.  C. 
Tustin,  E. 
Turn,  Lorence  A. 
Tyler,  W.  B. 


XI 

Uhrenholt,  Soren  T. 
Uomini,   Frank   D. 
Urzi,  Lewiis 
Urban,  Joe 
Urban,  William 

Urban,  Josh  C. 

Utzerath,  Fred  A. 
V 

Vath,  Herman  S. 

Van  Dalsera,  FF.  V. 

Valkers,  Paul 

Vaearella,  Nick  J. 

Valente,  Joe 

Van,  Herbert  P. 

Van  Dolsen,  L.  J. 

Vanderhurst,  W.  L. 

Van  Gundy,  Ross 

Vasquez,  Fred 

Vatuone,  Romeo  F. 

Van  Boden,  — 

Van  Damme,  Maurino 

Van  Dorn,  Louis 

Vandervoort,  C.  T. 

Van  Etten,  Perry  H. 

Vernova,  John 

Ventley,  B. 

Ventuleth,  Jack 

Viekery,  Robert 

Vierra,  Wm.  George 

Vieira,  Alfred  J. 

Vincent,  Stanley  B. 

Vining,    Arch    Hoffman 

Vodden,  Wesley  N. 

Vodden,  John  M. 

Vogelsang,  C. 

Voigt,  H.  G. 

Volente,  George  E. 
Volk,  Gus  F. 
Volk,  Heinle 
Volkers,  Clarence 
Volkers,  Henry  E. 
Von  Geldern,  C.  E. 
Vujinovich,    Marko 

W 
Warnock,  Archibald 
Walters,  Warren 
Watson,  Archie 
Waltenberger    Jacob 
Waltenberger,  Norton 
Wayne,  John  A. 
Walker,  J.  C, 
Ward,  Harold 
Walker,  Louis 
Walsh,   Thomas  J. 
Walter,  Elton  L. 
Walrach,  Earl 
Walbridge,  Banfield 
Wagner,  Fred 
Watkins,  Clyde  H. 
Washburn,  Lowell  M. 
Walter,  C.  E. 
Waalkes,  Ralph 
Wadams,  Wilbur  E. 


Wagner,  Walter 

Walker,  Albert  C. 

Walker,  James  H. 

Walker,  Elbert 

Wallace,  W. 

Walker,  Willard 

Wallis,  William  A. 

Watson,  Wesley  C. 

Wats(iii,  Harry 

Walh,  Alexander  H. 

Walton,  Wilbur 

Warner,  Geo.  W. 

Waterhouse,  Clark  B. 

Watson,  E. 

Watson,  Paul  A. 

Watson,  E.  A. 

Watts,  Manuel  G. 

Walkington,  A.  B. 

Wagner,  Clarence  W. 

Walker,  Percy 

Walker,  Paul 

Walker,  Harold  B. 

Walker,  Cecil 

Wallace,  W.  H. 

Waterhouse,  Mills  N. 

Wallace,  James 

Wadams,  Wilbur 
Watson,  Frank  H. 
Warner,  James 
Walter,  Edwin 
Walter,  C.  E. 
Walter,  Chas.  H.  (M.  D. 
Walsh,  Harry  A. 
Walt,  Harry 
Walsh,  Matt 
Weaver,  Landis  O. 
Weaver,  William 
Wells,  Beret 
Westrich,  Charles 
Weldon,  Theo.  E, 
Weichert,  Ralph  P. 
Weeks,  Henry 
Wentworth,  Allen 
Wehner,   Bichard   H. 
Welde,  Lloyd 
Webber,  C. 
Wedelsind,  Frank  E. 
Weber,  Chas. 
Wedelsind,  Henry 
Weitz,  Ben 
Welsh,  Lee  J. 
Weld,  Loyd  W. 
Weld,   Virden   C. 
Weller,  Bob 
Weller,  Harrold 
Welsh,  Leo 
Wentworth,,  Allen  B. 
Westing,  Adolph  C. 
Wetmore,  Ralph 
Webley,  Boy 
Webley,  Harry 
Weston,  Wm.  B. 
Weaver,  L.  E. 
Weed,  Orrin 


Weltz,  Ei-nest 

Wellington,  Harold 

Wellington,  Fred 

Wehner,  Chas.  O. 

Wellington,  Harold  H. 

Webb,  Theodore 

Weltz,  Edward 

White,  C.  E. 

White,  Bill 

White,  Loris  M. 

White,   Thomas 

White,  Walter 

Whitcome,  Loren  E. 

Whittemore,  Edgar 

V/hiteside,  E.  E. 

Whiteside,  Boy 

Whitaker,  John 

Whitford,  William  L. 

Whistler,  Emsley 

Whalley,  Chas.  V. 

Whalley,  Eoy  F. 

Winning,  C.  D. 

Wines,   Howawrd  H. 

Widden,  Ira  P. 

Wilson,  Theodore 

Wilson,  St.  John 

Wilber,  Charles 

Wilde,  Henry  J. 
Wilde,  Mark 
Wilde,  Chas. 
William,  James  Heath 
WilliSttns,  E. 
Williams,   William 
Williams,  Frank  B. 
Williams,  Collis 
Williams,  T.  M. 
Williams,  Baymond  N. 
Wiilliams,  Buford 
Williams,  Sidney 
Williams,  F.  B. 
Williams,  Wilber  W. 
Williams,  Ernest  C. 
Williams,  Earnest 
Williams,  Daniel  P. 
Williams,  Daniel 
Williams,   Donald   P. 
Williams,  Balph  L. 
Williams,  Kenneth  L. 
Williamson,  George  E. 
Williamson,  Winifred 
Willard,  Lockhart 
Wilson,  Everett 
Wilson,  C.  Myrle 
Wilson,    Francis    Q. 
Wilson,  Glen  W. 
Wilson,  Theodore 
Wilson,  Tom 
Wingfield,  W.  J. 
Wimmer,  Earle 
Winn,  Jesse  O.  V. 
Winning,  C.  P. 
Wise,  Herman 
Witt,  Bichard 
Wilson,  Chester  S. 


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Wildhagen,  Christian 
Wilkes,  James  D. 
AVise,  Paul  E. 
Withrow,  Lester  E. 
Wimberly,  Floyd 
Wilson,  G.  C. 
Wilson,  Chester 
Witt,  Richard 
Withrow,  Earl  B. 
Wilson,  James 
Wilkes,  Evans 
Wing,  C.  B. 
Wing,  Sumner 
Wing,    Winchester 
Wickner  Shirley 
White,    William 
Wills,  J.  R 
Wilcox,   Philip   E. 


Wilkins,  Ralph  B. 
Wood,  Stanley  D. 
Woodward,  0.  G. 
Woodward,  Joseph 
Woodworth,  Claud 
Woodbury,  W.  W. 
Woodward,  Frank  E. 
Woodward,  Geo.  A. 
Woolley,  A.  Fred 
Woodworth,  Carl 
Worsfold,  Arthur  H. 
Worsfold,  Arthur  H. 
Worden,  Lionel  J. 
Wool,  Ernest  Otis 
Wolfe,  Leigh  S. 
Woolf,  Nathan 
Woodruff,  W.  L. 
Woodbury,  W.  W. 


Wright,  Lawrence 
Wright,  Harold 
Wright,  Milton  E. 
Wright,  Leslie 
Wright,  Bernard  J. 
Wright,  James 
Wright,   John   W. 
Wright,  Eugene 
Wright,  T. 
Wyman,  Arthur  B. 
Wyman,  Arthur  B. 
Wythe,  Joseph  H. 
Wythe,  Joe 

Y 
Yarger,  Edwini 
Yarrington,  Ottis 
Yocco,  Edward 
York,  Edgar 


York,  Harold  X>. 
Young,  Herbert 
Young,  H.  A. 
Young,  H.  S. 
Young,  Wesley 

Z 
Zattera,  Joseph 
Zaro,  George  L. 
Zamzow,  Fred 
Zarcone,  W. 
Znrbone,  W.  P. 
Ziegler,  Paul  A. 
Zimmerman,  W.  H. 
Zoelinger,  C.  C. 
ZoUezzi,  Paul 
Zutta,  Lawrence 
Zureher,  Fred  P. 


Santa  Clara  County  War  Work  Council 


W.  C.  BAILEY,  Chairman. 

A.  D.  CUBTNER,  Secretary. 

E.  H.  FOSTER,  Executive  Secretary. 

ADVISORY  COMMITTEE 


J.  B.  Bullitt 
A.  B.  Post 
S.  G.  Tompkins 
W.  E.  Blauer 
A.  M.  Free 
Wilbur  J.  Edwards 
H.  G.   Coykendall 
Frank  J.  Somers 
John  D.  Kuster 
W.  T.  Rambo 
Dr.  M.  E.  Dailey 


Byron  Millard 
W.  A.  Beasly 
W.  S.  Clayton 
V.  J.  LaMotte 
H.  L.  Baggerly 
E.   K.  Johnston 
W.  G.  Alexander 
Geo.  N.  Herbert 
D.  T.  Bateman 
V.  H.  Wylie 
Albert  O.  Kayser 


SPECIAL  COMMITTEEMEN 


D.  J.  Flannery 
Victor  Palmer 
Sheldon  Wills      • 
T.  H.  Reed 
Victor  Challen 
A.  V.  Schubert 
Brooks  Tompkins 
W.  E.  Albee 
H.  Ray  Fry 
Merle  Gray 
R.  H.  Knox 
L.  M.  Kimberlin 
Arthur  Holmes 


Karl  StuU 
Alvin  Long 
F.  A.  Nikirk 
Frank  L.  Baker 
Urban  A.  Sontheimer 
Arthur  Langford 
F.  E.  Chapin 
Buell  Anderson 
Fred  L.  Fehren 
Herbert   C.  Jones 
M.  E.  Griffith 
Chas.  R.  Parkinson 
C.  H.  Claytor 


In  addition  to  the  above  list  were  the  Chairmen 
of   all   District   Committees. 

J.  M.  PARKER   (and  later  LOUIS  CAMPIGLIA) 
Chairmen  San  Jose  Groups. 

aRoup  1 

J.  D.  CBUMMEY,  Vice  Chairman 
DIRECTORS 

J.  B.  Leaman 
J.  F.  O  'Keef  e 


H.  L.  Austin 
Chester  Herold 
J.  W.  Nixon 


T.  H.  Herschbach 
J.  E.  Hoblitt 
Harry  Knapp 
J.  W.  Scott 
H.  M.  Garcia 
Chas.  L.  Flindt 
P.  E.  Tomaselli 


K.  Ogate 
W.  S.  Allender 
H.  A.  Blanchard 
E.  E.  Gummer 
E.  Schlaudt 
Warren  D.  Allen 
Harvey  R.  Herold 
Dr.  E.  B.  Wagner 

GROUP  2 
A.  D.  CURTNER  (and  later  FRED  L.  FOSTER) 
Vice  Chairman. 
DIRECTORS 
Dr.  B.  C.  Ledyard  H.  N.  Fitch 

Earle  L.  Bothwell  J.   S.  Munson 

Dr.  S.  B.  Van  Dalsem 

COMMITTEEMEN 


Jr. 


J.  M.  Costere 
Frank  Estrade 


COMMITTEEMEN 

C.  L.  Southgate 
H.  I.  Mabury 


J.  N.  McCullough 

F.  B.  Campen 
C.  E.  Howes 
Al  Barker 
Dr.  H.  8.  Chandler 
Dr.  J.  W.  Davey 
Dr.  F.  F.  Frazer 
Dr.  P.  T.  Snow 
Dr.  C.  O.  Jewell 
Dr.  D.  M.  Baker 
Dr.  H.  J.  B.  Wright 
Geo.  H.  Hegewith 
Dr.  A.  Don  Hines 
Dr.  C.  N.  Moates 
Dr.  Edw.  Newell 
W.  I.  Stone 
W.  Travis 
L.  L.  Wagner 

GROUP  3 
LOUIS  CAMPIGLIA  (and  later  A.  O.  MATHEWS 
and  WM.  HALLA)    Vice  Chairman. 
DIRECTORS 
Wm.  A.  McDonald  John  S.  Mise 

Geo.  D.  Oilman  Elmer  E.  Chase 

J.  R.  Chace 

COMMITTEEMEN 

G.  B.  Stirling  W.  J.  Bernhardt 


D.  C.  Ahlers 

Wm.  F.  Horwarth 

Edward  O.  Webb, 

Louis  Doerr 

Frank  Fleming 

W.  C.  Lean 

John  R.  Kocher 

Dr.  P.  A.  Jordan 

Dr.  A.  Jayet 

Dr.  N.  H.  Bullock 

Dr.  W.  D.  Gordon 

Dr.  M.  F.  Hopkins 

B.  K.  Kerr 

Dr.  A.  T.  McGinty 

Dr.  R.  E.  Reese 

Dr.   Paul   Sanford 

Dr.  W.  S.  Van  Dalsem 


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Geo.  H.  Anderson 

A.  G.  Col 

Fred  Stern 

L.  Oneal 

E.  J.  Danielson 

J.  G.  Reid 


L.  L.  King 
J.  J.  Schmidt 
E.  W.  Jack 
J.  M.  Concklin 
Dr.  B.  Lendrum 
H.  T.  Pyle 
GROUP  4 
HENRY  M.  AYER  (and  later  J.  BRADLEY  CLAY- 
TON) Vice  Chairman. 

DIRECTORS 
John  Russo  W.  J.  Benson 

Dewitt  C.  Rucker  Frank  Marten 

COMMITTEEMEN 


Dick  Bressani 
W.  F.  Curry 
C.  H.  Eccleston 
J.  W.  Grimes 
J.  J.  Jones 
T.  D.  Webster 
Page  Kessler 
Brooks  Tompkins 
Geo.  Lenzen 


R.  H.  Powell 
P.  Mogenson 
J.  A.  Solari 
Geo.   Singletary 
Henry  Mockbee 
Sam  Martin 

E.  R.  Williams 

F.  L.  Johnston 
T.  C.  Barnett 

GROUl'  5 
CHAS.  M.  O'BRIEN,  Vice  Chairman. 
DIRECTORS 
day  Mc.fabe  A.  G.  DuBrutz 

>     .1.  Halsey  Arthur  E.  Holmes 

"".'m.  L.  Biebrach  Robt.  F.  Benson 

COMMITTEEMEN 


James  Beatty 
Jos.  M.  McKiernan 
Henry  C.  Artana 
W.  L.  Prussia 
A.  L.  Appleton 
F.  A.  Von  Dorsten 
Earl  Lamb 
Thomas  Monahan 
Paul  L.  Cavalla 
Frank  Burrell 
Max  Blum 
8.  H.  Chase 
P.  Maloney 
C.  C.  Pomeroy 
W.  L.  Ryder 
Walter  Trinkler 
Wallace  Isham 

GROUP  6 

CHAS.  R.  PARKINSON   (and  later  BERT 
DELDAHL  and  LOUIS  NORMANDIN)  Vice 
man. 

DIRECTORS 
W.  W.  PauU  Frank  L.  Hoyt 

A.  T.  Huston  R.  H.  Borchers 

COMMITTEEMEN 


Chas.  L.  Snyder 
DeLancey  Lewis 
T.  J.  Delmas 
Dr.  A.  M.  Barker 
F.  M.  Chapman 
S.  E.  Johnson 
Ben  Brown 
J.  T.  Brooks 
Victor  A.  Challen 
H.  S.  Kittredge 
Sanford  Bacon 
C.  J.  Cornell 
J.  P.  McNally 
W.  B.  Reilly 
Floyd  Stull 
E.  D.  Ward 


SLEr- 
Chair- 


V.  J.  Palmer 
C.  W.  Montgomery 
W.  W.  Williams 
Dr.  R.  A.  Whiffen 
E.  C.  Hamlin 
A.  G.  Ramstad 
James  Trengrove 
W.  A.  Setta 


J.  B.  Lamb 
W.  J.  Moore 
F.  T.  Edmans 
Chas.  Thomas 
J.  A.  Wagner 
Preston  H.  Boomer 
J.  V.  Haley 
O.  8.  Eelph 


J.  D.  Melehan  E.  M.  Fallis 

A.  Mills  T.  B.  Hubbard 

GROUP  7 
ELTON   R.   SHAW    (and   later   D.  L.   SMITH   and 
GUY  MARSHALL)   Vice  Chairman. 
DIRECTORS 
J.  Q.  Patton  Bert  G.  Gassett 

W.  F.  Lillick  G.  E.  Marshall 

J.  A.  Desimone 

COMMITTEEMEN 


Arthur  Cann , 
F.  W.  Angier 
F.  J.  McHenry 
Joseph  Napoli 
C.  E.  Schlaudt 
W.  F.  Tennant 
Edward  Brunhouse 

A.  T.  Brennan 
Samuel  Crader 
R.  G.  Kennard 
E.  G.  Shoup 
L.  J.  Squires 
Upton  W.  Smith 

B.  H.  Von  Boden 


H.  C.  Lewis 
F.  M.  Eley 
C.  A.  Nace 

A.  L.  Hascall 
Ray  R.  Rugg 

F.  J.  Millard 
E.  O.  Webb 
Harold  G.  Hunt 
Ernest  Lion 

H.  W.  Craig 

G.  D.  Cotton 

B.  W.  Dower 
Thos.  Foley 


A.  A.  Hapgood 
GROUP  8 

ALEXANDER  HART,  Vice  Chairman 
DIRECTORS 
Albert  O.  Kayser  J.  S.  Williams 

Jesse  H.  Levy  Valentine  Koch 

Geo.  A.  Howes 

COMMITTEEMEN 


C.  J.  Vath 
Ferdinand  Canelo 
Henry  W.  McComas 
Walter  L.  Chrisman 
Isadore  Marcus 
W.  E.  Austin 
Wm.  Boschken 
E.  Shillingsburg 
Bert  Goldsmith 
V.  H.  Wylie 
E.  W.  Green 


H.  M.  Spring 
Henry  Wendt 
L.  Jacobs 
M.  E.  Arnerich 
Walter  Raley 
W.  Sontheimer 
S.  Moreland 
Fred  Figel 
Earl  Alderman 
J.  L.  Cook 


GROUP  9 

W.  G.  MATHEWSON,  Vice  Chairman 
DIRECTORS 
S.  W.  Smith  Dexter   McClellan 

H.  I.  Munton  Jos.   Cambiano 

Thos.  Graham  Fred  Arbing 

Edw.  Hafley  Harry  J.  Young 

COMMITTEEMEN 

B.  Antrim  William  Walsh 
W.  A.  Ashworth  Thos.  Callahan 
M.  Anderson                          C.  W.  Cook 

T.  J.  Atkinson  T.  J.  Collins 

Frank  Andrada  A.  B.  Cox 

John  Boothe  Fred  Clute 

H.  A.  Bridges  M.  P.  Coffe 

C.  E.  Baker  P.  A.  Davis 
John  Borella  A.  S.  DuCavic 
H.  C.  Blackwood  8.  G.  Downton 
Geo.  Batchelor                      M.  L.  Emerson 
W.  M.  Caldwell                   M.  W.  Eaton 


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Fred  Freioli  A.  A.  Franklin 

J.  J.  Flannery  W.  B.  Gilbert 

Lester  Folsom  J.  M.  Graham 

C.  D.  Ferguson  J.  E.  Gustafson 

Ira  T.  Fox  Geo.  Gardiser 

J.  Hanel  John  Harding 

T.  Haach  Geo.  Jackson 

J.  Hart  H.  Jorgensen 

C.  Harrison  D.  W.  James 

F.  J.  Hepp  L.  G.  Jones 
Ed  Hubback  C.  H.  Jones 
Dan  R.  Hayes  V.  A.  Kammerer 
J.  C.  Hamilton  Fred  Lisle 

H.  P.  Musser  A.  Lowe 

Carl  Marsh  J.  Lavigne 

J.  P.  Malpass  John  Lingren 

A.  A.  Morrison  A.  G.  Lee 

A.  McPherson  D.  E.  Lanham 

G.  McQuarrie  Harry  R.  Lawrence 
H.  A.  McKenna  Marion  Overhulse 
Jas.  Newell  J.  Perry 

V.  E.  Nelson  A.  H.  Perry 

C.  E.  Newton  Antone  Peterson 

J.  6.  Nisius  Harry  Peckham 

C.  C.  Quinn  W.  J.  Pascoe 

C.  J.  Raymond  G.  Sims 

Wm.  Robinson  E.  J.  Stoppleworth 

Geo.  Rasmussen  Jos.  Sweeney 

C.  Rosenhahn  0.  Shannon 

F.  E.  Rose  J.  J.  Sinnott 

J.  E.  Robidoux  S.  W.  Smith 

M.  Rhodes  Frank  Trone 

N.  Russo  J.  Taggart 

Ed  Riffe  D.  S.  Thompson 

H.  A.  Rake  G.  W.  Wilkinson 

Dave  Walsh  M.  C.  Woodruff 

Hiram  Wells  Rollie  Williams 

Frank  Wood  Mrs.  L.  Wheeler 

C.  Weaver  L.  E.  Yates 
GROUP  10 
E.  N.  RICHMOND,  Vice  Chairman. 
DIRECTORS 

Geo.  H.  Osen  L.  R.  Nash 

C.  C.  Coolidge  E.  Mathews 

John  Miller  C.  S.  Allen 

COMMITTEEMEN 

John  Somavia  W.  J.  Byers 
Henry  Lion  C.  Northrup 

Fred  L.  Thomas  J.  R.  Camp 
H.  S.  Bridges  F.  P.  Mead 

M.  E.  Griffith  D.  J.  Nolan 

C.  C.  Coolidge  J.  P.  Dempsey 

J.  E.  Fisher  M.  DeWitt 

Geo.  McDonald  J.  C.  Barrett 

F.  D.  McCormick  Roy  L.  Clark 

Claude  Stutsman  J.  L.  Magee 

E.  H.  Warner  Al  Hubbard 

F.  D.  Wolf  Wm.  Curtner     r 

OROUP  11 
ALEX  SHERIFFFS,  Vice  Chairman. 
DIRECTORS 
Chas  D.  Ferguson  Geo.  McDonald 

Henry  B.  Martin  N.  A.  Pellerano 


L.  A.  Harms  E.  R.  Bailey 

John  B.  Shea  Chas.  R.  Harker 

Chas.  W.  Davison 

COMMITTEEMEN 
C.  H.  James  Samuel  Love 

P.  M.  Weddel  Harry  Morris 

Ernest  Shelburn  Wm.  H.  Pabst 

B.  B.  Kavanaugh  A.  P.  Lepesh 
W.  J.  Lean                            Jos.  Magistretti 

J.  Calice  George   Prindiville 

Frank  D.  Curtis  Geo.  D.  Smith 

Harvey  Guilbert  J.  V.  Christy 

Aug.  Turrell  A.  S.  Tyler 

U.  A.  Sontheimer  Henry  Berrar 

C.  H.  James  A.  G.  Wilkins 
Geo.  S.  Kidder  C.  L.  Burdick 
Frank  N.  Arnerich  F.  B.  McCormick 
W.  F.  Curry  E.  M.  Cunningham 

QBOUP  12 
HOWELL  D.  MELVIN,  Vice  Chairman. 
DIRECTORS 
Judge  F.  B.  Brown  M.  E.  Griffith 

H.  A.  Harms  T.  M.  Wright 

F.    Okagaki  Judge  P.  F.  Gosbey 

A.  V.  Rogers  Jos.  E.  Hancock 

COMMITTEEMEN 
Jos.  V.  Cardoza  T.  Kimura 

John  N.  Valine  K.    Katakeyama 

M.  J.  Marshall  S.  Arita 

AI.VISO  GEOUP 
GEO.  E.  NICHOLSON,  Chairman. 
COMMITTEEMEN 
W.  F.  Robidoux  J.  M.  Fords 

D.  B.  Wade  Geo.  T.  Gallagher 
W.  F.  Zankers  H.  J.  Richards 
A.  Standish 

CAMPBELL  GEOUP 
J.  C.  AINSLEY,  Chairman. 

VICE  CHAIRMEN 
Wm.  Eckles  John  F.  Duncan 

J.  E.  Weisendanger  Geo.  L.  Parso 

W.  T.  Hobson  Earl  Snapp 

COMMITTEEMEN 
J.  L.  Hagelin  H.  E.  Brandenburg 

Hiram  Hutton  B.  O.  Curry 

A.  C.  Keesling  Dr.  C.  M.  Cooper 

W.  H.  Lloyd  Wm.  Coupland 

Geo.  Payne  E.  A.  Colby 

Sam  G.  Rodeck  Frank  Dunucan 

Harry  H.  Smith  C.  E.  Hanger 

C.  H.  Whitman 

CUPERTINO  GEOUP 
W.  B.  CALVERT,  Vice  Chairman. 

VICE  CHAIRMEN 
John  Ludy  Dr.  F.  M.  Coleman 

Paul  Goodloe  Anton  Pichetti 

Chas.  Lowe  C.  L.  Rich 

COMMITTEEMEN 
G.  A.  Blair  A.  H.  Jepsen 

C.  D.  Bambauer  A.  T.  King 

W.  A.  Buick  Q.  S.  Mclntyre 

Grant  Barton  J.  A.  McDonald 


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I.  A.  Ball 
F.  A.  Ball 
Paul   Coolidge 
M.  L.  Dow 
K.  A.  Friedrich 
C.  R.  Forge 
E.  H.  Freeman 
J.  Frost 
Paul  Jones 
W.  Jellyman 


H.  H.  Mosher 
E.  J.  Parrish 
W.  Pasly 
Jas.  Petterson 

E.  N.  Pettit 

F.  M.  Peiffer 
Chas.   Rostand 
F.  A.  Taft 

O.  B.  Woods 
C.  E.  Warren 


EVEBOBEEN  GBOUP 

J.  P.  S8HAMBEAU,  Chairman. 
COMMITTEEMEN 
Albert  A.  Anderson  Frank  H.  Kampfen 

Peter  Bennett  Theo.  Klein 

A.  H.  Burk  A.  L.  Leal 

R.  H.  Beck  Fred  May 

H.  L.  Coates  Fred   Martin 

W.  L.  Edwards  N.  Macher 

John  A.  Fair  L.  Monferino 

I.  Gover  A.  R.  McClay 

Fred  Hassler  August  Nelson 

Henry  I.  Hart  F.  W.  Osterman 

M.  J.  Haley  Manuel  Pereira 

John  8.  Hensell  Wm.  Provan 

J.  O.  Hansen  Francis  Smith 

Henry  Krehe  Michael  Tierney 

W.  A.  Kammerer  Fred  Weld 

Clem  A.  Kettman  E.  B.  Williams 

aiLEOY  OEOUP 
E.   D.   CRAWFORD,   Chairman. 
COMMITTEEMEN 
John  Abincino  H.  S.  Hersman 

A.  S.  Baldwin  Chas.  Lester 

Dan  Burr  Tracy  Learned 

A.  W.  Cox  A.  A.  Martin 

H.  Carl  R.  M.  Martin 

Percy  Dexter  .  Fay  McQuilkin 

C.  H.  Emien  H.  E.  Robinson 

W.  G.  Fitzgerald  Wm.  Sawyer 

H.  Hecker  G.  A.  Wentz 

LOS  QATOS  QBOUP 

J.  D.  FARWELL,  Chairman. 
J.  A.  Case  C.  F.  Hamsher 

J.  W.  Crider  Z.  S.  Riggo 

L.  E.  Johns  C.  H.  Squire 

H.  L.  Lloyd  Dr.  H.  E.  Smith 

Ed  Howes  J.  B.  Stewart 

J.  C.  Walker 

MOBGAN  HILL  GBOUP 

C.  F.  DREWRY,  Chairman. 
John  Acton  Luther   Cunningham 

Wm.  H.  Adams  F.  V.  Edwards 

J.  C.  Ahem  E.  F.  Eastman 

Robt.  Britton  R.  H.  Patchell 

B.  Bosqui  Irwin  E.  Payne 

Chas.  Beck  H.  A.  Pepen 

D.  H.  Bechis  C.  P.  Simpson 

Burnett — Sub  Group 

PETER  RAGGIO,  Chairman. 
P.  H.  Kirby  E.  L.  Norton 

P.  A.  Walsh 


Enclnal — Sub  Group 
FRANK  STEVENS,  Chairman. 
H.  A.  Peppin  Peter  Ramelli 

Rurt  Stevens 

Llagas — Sub  Group 
T.  A.  HESTER,  Chairman. 
M'.  H.  Adams  C.  P.  Simpson 

Harry  Wright 

Machado — Sub  Group 
R.  K.  PATCHELL,  Chairman. 
Robert  Britton  D.  W.   Strickenberg 

San  Martin — Sub  Group 
R.  S.  ROBINSON,  Chairman. 
Chas.  Beck  M.  T.  Gwinn 

H.   Robinson 

Uvas — Sub  Group 
GILES  BRADLEY,  Chairman. 
Ben  Bosqui  Ed  Eastman 

MILPITAS  GBOUP 
E.    P.    GIACOMAZZI,    Chairman. 
G.  E.  Abell  Lawrence  Hansen 

Lawrena  Barker  Dr.  B.  J.  Smith 

A.  L.  Crabb  A.  M.  Silva,  Jr. 

MOUNTAIN  VIEW  GBOUP 

W.  L.  CAMP,  Chairman. 
Dr.  C.  E.  Adams  J.  E.  Johnson 

F.  B.  Abbott  Jas.  Logue 

W.  F.  Bubb  Chas.  N.  Lake 

A.  M.  Crittenden  F.  Marcov 
Geo.  Chickorich                    J.  S.  Mockbee 

C.  H.  Clark  Chas.  E.  Marcum 

H.  6.  Childs  P.  D.  Newman 

H.  G.  Copeland  F.  S.  Oliver 

L.  Drake  Geo.  S.  Parkinson 

T.  J.  Evans  A.  S.  Robinson 

Edwin  Earl  H.  A.  Rengstroff 

Hans  Ehlers  P.  M.  Smith 

M.  Farrell  '  Geo.  Swall 

Chas.  A.  Gray  Guy  Shoup 

Fred  P.  Hauck  J.  J.  Taylor 

W.  F.  Hyde  L.  H.  Watson 

B.  W.  Hollman  O.  W.  Whaley 
Barney  Job  R.  O.  Winnegar 
A.  Jurian  S.  A.  Winnegar 
Frank  Jackson  Chas.  W.  Wright 
W.  N.  Jess                             Wm.  P.  Wright 
P.  Klein                                R.  H.  Walker 

BEBBYESSA  GBOUP 
HARRY  CURRY,   Chairman. 
Albert  Foster  Joe  Rodrigues 

Floyd  Lundy  J.  W.  Smith 

W.  E.  Moore 

EAGLE  GBOUP 
L.  F.  GRAHAM,  Chairman. 

C.  A.  Borchers  John  P.  Vennum 
James  T.  Murphy 

OBCHABD  GBOUP 
J.  J.  O'BRIEN,  Chairman. 
W.  B.  Clark  Richard   McCarthy 

Frank  A.  Leis 


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MT.  HAMILTON  GROUP 
DB.  WM.  W.  CAMPBELL,  Chairman. 

Dr.  B.  C.  Aitkeii  E.  H.  Robison 

Mr.   Beach  Lester  Hubbard 

R.  H.  Tucker  Paul  Gerber 

J.  Hoover  F.  Knobloch 
Dr.  J.  H.  Moore 

PALO  ALTO  GROUP 
G.   B.  PARKINSON,  Chairman. 

B.  G.  Allen  J.  E.  Hesston 
W.  H.  Adams  C.  A.  Huston 
J.  B.  Andrus  W.  O.  Horabin 
L.  E.  Bassett  A.  M.  Hackett 
James  D.  Basye  J.  Jury 

W.  J.  Biehl  F.  K.  Kasson 

L.  S.  Bean  W.  H.  Kelly 

Ira  G.  Betts  Miss  Mary  I.  Lockey 

J.   H.  Borden  Kee  Leung 

M.  A.  Buchan  P.  M.  Lansdale 

L.  L.  Burlingame  Egerton  Lakin 

J.  D.  Byxbee,  Jr.  J.  B.  Larkin 

Geo.  F.  Brown  G.  Laumeister 

Geo.  J.  Carey  George  Lillie 

Ed  Cashel  R.  N.  Malone 

A.  M.  Cathcart  Miss   Maud   Manaton 

C.  E.  Childs  C.  D.  Marx 

A.  B.  Clark  W.  E.  Mendenhall 

B.  W.  Crandall  G.  E.  Mercer 
H.  F.  Congdon  F.  J.  M.  Miles 

C.  P.  Cooley  J.  P.  Mitchell 
W.  A.  Cooper  W.  E.  Miller 

D.  C.  Craig  H.  J.  Moule 
William   Transton  A.  L.  Murry 
J.  L.  Dixon  A.  K.  Macoon 
J.  Dudfield  J.  E.  McDowell 
I.  J.  Dollingo  W.  H.  Nichols 
Eev.  David  Evans  Louis  Olsen 

O.  M.  Easterday  E.  T.  Pennock 

Chas.  EUett  Prof.  G.  F.  Pierce 

Alfred  Engle  Capt.  8.  M.  Parker 

J.  F.  Farrell  G.  C.  Price 

B.  S.  Faxon  W.  W.  Price 
Mrs.  Fred  Fowler  J.  F.  Pryor 
Mrs.  Marion  H.  Fowler      Robt.  C.  Ray 
James  Frazer  O.  O.  Rhodes 

Dr.  D.  Chas.  Gardner         Roger  M.  Roberts 

C.  H.  Gilbert  F.  Schneider 
Rev.  J.  M.  Gleason  A.  Seale 

J.  E.  Greene  H.  W.  Simkins 

R.  L.  Green  .     J.  R.  Slonaker 

N.  W.  Gleaser  N.  B.  Smitih 

F.  W.  Heckett  J.  O.  Snyder 

V.  V.  Harrier  W.  E.   Southwood 

Theo.  J.  Hoover  Mrs.  Maud  A.  Stratton 

T.  Hopkins  R.  E.  Swain 

Rev.  Walter  Hays  E.  C.  Thoits 

E.  A.  Hettinger  Ray  Saylor 


T.  Goshida 
J.  C.  Thiele 
M.  H.  Tichnor 
Monroe  Thomas 
S.  D.  Townley 
Louis  Taylor 
T.   Uchizono 
S.  M.  Vandervoort 
D.  8.  Watson 


R.  J.  Wells 
Bay  Lyman  Wilbur 
Geo.  Williams 
E.  L  Irving 
Herbert  Wilson 
Chas.  Weeks 
W.  K.  Woolery 
A.  E.  Worthy 
R.  H.  Wiley 


PALA  GROUP 

CHARLES  TURNER,  Chairman. 
J.  W.  Anderson  Andrew  Patton 

Edward  I.  Field  J.  F.  Pyle 

J.  P.  Lacerda 

SARATOGA  GROUP 
DR.  I.  G.  HOGG,  Chairman. 
Rev.  B.  Z.  Bazata  S.  P.  Patterson 

L.  C.  Dick  J.  L.  Richards 

SUNNYVALE  GROUP 
C.  C.  SPAULDIN6,  Chairman. 
F.  X.  Boden  C.  W.  Shepard 

J.  M.  Brown  0.  W.  Spalding 

F.  E.  Cornell  Leoo.  H.  Vishoot 

Frank  Farry  J.  H.  Hendy 

F.  B.  Hughes  F.  C.  Wilson 

W.  A.  Larman  J.  C  Sutherland 

Bev.  C.  G.  Marshall  J.  F.  Holthouse 

Bev.  H.  J.  Roberts  A.  P.  Freeman 

W.  R.  Roberts 

VALLEY  VIEW  GROUP 
J.  L.  MOSHER,  Chairman. 
Nelson  Barton  Fred  P.  Hauck 

Oscar  Benson  Harry  Johnson 

Jerry  Cannon  Jack  Mayne 

SANTA  CLARA  GROUP 
DR.  A.  E.  OSBORNE,  Chairman. 
P.  A.  Brangier  Geo.  A.  Penniman 

Alfred  L.  Brown  Kobert  Porter 

W.  T.  Brown  Henry  R.  Roth 

Jos.  Boschken  Chas.  D.  South 

Robert  Fatjo  F.  R.  Shatter 

Chas.  Grimmer  W.  S.  Sullivan 

P.  Hayes  Dr.  L.  Stockton 

Geo.  Hamilton  F.  A.  Wilcox 

Ralph  Martin  B.  F.  Weston 

J.  B.  O'Brien  I.  A.  Wilcox 

I.  A.  Pomeroy 

FRANKLIN  GROUP 
S.  W.  PFEIFLE,  Chairman. 
John  Barry  J.  Jepson 

F.  H.  Buck  Fred  G.  Wool 

OAK  GROVE  GROUP 
O.  Christofer,  Chairman. 
0.  W.  Aby  A.  C.  Robertson 

Chas.  Frost,  Jr.  J.  H.  Swickard 


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Santa  Clara  County  Women's  Mobilized  Army 


CITY  OF  SAN  JOSE 

MES.  L.  T.  SMITH,  Colonel. 

MRS.  D.  A.  BEATTIE,  Lt.-Colonel. 

MAJOBS 


Mrs.  P.  F.  Gosbey 
Mrs.  H.  N.  Booker 
Mrs.  J.  J.  Byl 
Mrs.  J.  E.  Hancock 
Mrs.  F.  A.  Von  Dorsten 
Mrs.  C.  C.  Little 
Mrs.  Nicholas  Bowden 

CAPTAINS 


Mrs.  Chas.  E.  Parkinson 
Miss  Ida  Wehner 
Mrs.  Willis  Clayton 
Mrs.  A.  B.  Brown 
Mrs.  Geo.  B.  Seeley 
Mrs.  S.  D.  Farrington 


Mrs.  E.  M.  Wright 
Miss  M.  Arbogast 
Miss   Lucy   Washburn 
Miss  Pearl  Pierson 
Miss  Florence  Clayton 
Mrs.  F.  J.  Keller 
Mrs.  W.  Simpson 
Mrs.  Ella  Eowell 
Mrs.  L.  McCrone 
Mrs.  E.  H.  Baker 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Ogier 
Miss  M.  Simons 
Mrs.  H.  A.  Stacy 
Mrs.  J.  C.  Hobson 
Mrs.  B.  H.  Borchers 
Mrs.  Olive  Overhulser 
Mrs.  J.  W.  Lewis 
Mrs.  W.  E.  Grouser 
Mrs.  W.  H.  Cassidy 
Mrs.  S  Tompkins 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Booker 
Mrs.  M.  Lundy 
Miss  J.  Harris 
Mrs.  C.  Hablutzel 
Mrs.  H.  McKee 
Miss  Jessie  Williamson 
Mrs.  B.  F.  Laughlin 
Mrs.  W.  A.  Coulter 
Mrs.  E.  A.  Nichols 
Mrs.  N.  S.  Wretman 
Mrs.  D.  Eeiser 
Mrs.  L.  B.  Wilson 
Mrs.  C.  W.  Eyan 
Mrs.  F.  M.  Ury 
Mrs.  B.  J.  Langford 
Mrs.  F.  A.  Nikirk 
Mrs.  W.  G.  Alexander 
Mrs.  T  Plummer 
Mrs.  A.  T.  Herrmann 
Mrs.  W.  N.  Avery 
Mrs.  F.  C.  Pyle 
Mrs.  M.  J.  Nye 
Mrs.   Chas.   O'Brien 
Mrs.  B.  A.  Lee 
Miss  Lucy  Botsf  ord 


Mrs.  D.  J.  Gairaud 
Mrs.  F.  B.  Brown 
Miss  M.  Thephagen 
Mrs.  E.  A.  Sutherland 
Mrs.  E.  Moore 
Mrs.  F.  L.  Trone 
Mrs.  W.  G.  Jones 
Mrs.  B.  Brown 
Mrs.  N.  Davison 
Mrs.  E.  F.  Distal 
Mrs.  S.  Barker 
Mrs.  H.  M.  Sears 
Mrs.  J.  B.  Shea 
Mrs.  N.  Ouimet 
Mrs.  S.  Johnson 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Murphy 
Mrs.  W.  I.  Teters 
Mrs.  F.  Gunn 
Mrs.  M.  B.  Simpkins 
Miss  I.  Martin 
Miss  A.  E.  Weir 
Miss  Xess  Henshaw 
Mrs.  P.  F.  Dunne 
Mrs.  W.  Blauer 
Mrs.  J.  E.  Fisher 
Mrs.  C.  H.  Johnstone 
Mrs.  A.  T.  Smith 
Mrs.  L.  Cothran 
Mrs.  J.  B.  Clayton 
Mrs.  M.  E.  Barstow 
Mrs.  E.  O.  Pieper 
Mrs.  Paul  Clark 
Mrs.  H.  A.  White 
Miss  D.  Cousins 
Mrs.  A.  D.  Chase 
Mrs.  E.  A.  Burgess 
Mrs.  M.  E.  Compton 
Mrs.  B.  Cliff 
Mrs.  O.  Braslan 
Mrs.  N.  H.  Bullock 
Mrs.  C.  A.  Payne 
Miss  M.  Candee 
Mrs.  E.  Muirson 
Mrs.  A.  Easmussen 
Mrs.  V.  Stray 


Mrs.  J.  E.  Jameson 

LIEUTENANTS 
Miss  Allen  Mrs.  C.  Appell 

Mrs.  Elsie  Abel  Miss  Edith  Ayres 

Mrs.  W.  Appleton  Mrs.  G.  P.  Aurich 


Miss  Olive  Alexander 
Miss  E.  M.  Ac  worth 
Mrs.  H.  L.  Austin 
Mrs.  Leonora  Arnold 
Mrs.   Josephine   Ayres 
Mrs.  Alvarez 
Mrs.  L.  M.  Andrews 
Miss  L.  Appleby 
Mrs.  Mary  E.  Anderson 
Mrs.  Miller  Atkinson 
Miss  Eita  Angus 
Miiss  Eita  Angus 
Mrs.  A.  Atkinson 
Miss  A.  Abaria 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Allen 
Mrs.  C.  S.  Allen 
Mrs.  S.  Alexander 
Mrs.  W.  H.  Arnold 
Miss  Lena  Bossana 
Mrs.  Geo.  Barton 
Mrs.  M.  Bloomingdale 
Mrs.  Edith  Brisbin 
Mrs.  O.  O.  Blesh 
Mrs.  C.  W.  Brown 
Mrs.  C.  C.  Burton 
Mrs.  Emma  Barnwell 
Miss  Flora  Bailey 
Mrs.  Laura  P.  Bailey 
Mrs.  E.  Burlingame 
Mrs.  Geo.  Blakesly 
Mrs.  H.  E.  Bennett 
Mrs.  E.  Baker 
Mrs.  H.  Buffington 
Mrs.  W.  Bean 
Mrs.  Wm.  Binder 
Miss  Jessie  Blanchard 
Mrs.  W.  N.  Brown 
Mrs.  Evelyn  Barateau 
Mrs.  J.  Brennan 
Mrs.  Walter  Bean 
Mrs.  Fannie  Bogart 
Mrs.  Ida  Beattie 
Miss  Maud  Blackford 
Mrs.  Ethel  Bridgman 
Mrs.  H.  H.  Berner 
Mrs.  C.  Brittel 
Mrs.  Brown 
Miss  Beba  Bland 
Mrs.  Max  Blum 
Miss  Euth  Bacon 
Mrs.  W.  C.  Bailey 
Mrs.  E.  J.  Butler 
Mrs.  M.  Baughman 
Mrs.  C.  Bramhall 
Mrs.  C.  Baggerly 
Mrs.  J.  E.  Bailey 
Miss  E.  Bailey 
Mrs.  J.  E.  Bennett 
Mrs.  D.  J.  Byron 
Mrs.  Mabel  Blodgett 
Miss  Nellie  Blodgett 
Mrs.  H.  A.  Bridges 


Mrs.  I.  D.  Bostwick 
Mrs.  Laura  Bennett 
Miss  Tillie  Brohaska 
Mrs.  Geo.  Bratton 
Mrs.  M.  F.  Ball 
Mrs.  W.  H.  Brown 
Mrs.  Erna  Bobritz 
Mrs.  Ivan  Briscoe 
Mrs.   Gertrude  Brush 
Mrs.  Ben  Brown 
Mrs.  Lloyd  Baker 
Miss  Julia  Bellingall 
Mrs.  C.  H.  Bauer 
Mrs.  Dr.  Bearby 
Mrs.  Clara  Baker 
Mrs.  J.  W.  Briggs 
Mrs.  C.  A.  Bates 
Miss  Bee 

Mrs.  A.  F.  Benton 
Miss  Bayliss 
Mrs.  E.  Billuviller 
Mrs.  L.  D.  Bohnett 
Mrs.  Archer  Bowden 
Mrs.  G.  A.  Bean 
Miss  Mildred  Bean 
Miss  B.  Berdrow 
Mrs.  Charles  Boyce 
Mrs.  A.  D.  Burnett 
Mrs.  Booksin 
Mrs.  Chas.  Beach 
Mrs.  E.  A.  Brown 
Mrs.  B.  J.  Blois 
Mrs.  Frederick  Boes 
Mrs.  F.  B.  Bishop 
Mrs.  Abby  Brown 
Mrs.  Mary  Boomer 
Mrs.  H.  Butler 
Mrs.  J.  Brokenshire 
Mrs.  S.  Bates 
Mrs.  F.  Britton 
Mrs.  Idabel  Barnes 
Mrs.  J.  E.  Baker 
Mrs.  Ellis  Boynton 
Miss  Mary  Bergan 
Mrs.  J.  F.  Bellow 
Mrs.  Daniel  Bennett 
Mrs.  A.  Barker 
Miss  Meta  Blomdahl 
Miss  Clara  Burrell 
Mrs.  Bergh 
Miss  Mabel  Bassett 
Mrs.  Wm.  Beasly 
Miss  M.  Beal 
Mrs.  Howard  Bill 
Mrs.  Thos.  Chisholm 
Miss  Linda  Carlson 
Mrs.  Sam  Crader 
Mrs.  Martha  Conniff 
Miss  B.  Coyner 
Mrs.  Carey 
Mrs.  Hugh  Collins 
Mrs.  Jos.  Christy 


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Mrs.  Coffin 
Mrs.  Minette  Carey 
Miss  Anna  Colombet 
Miiss  Coleman 
Miss  Beth  Crummey 
Mrs.  F.  E.  Crummey 
Mrs.  E.  Cureton 
Mrs.  W.  H.  Cassidy 
Mrs.  L.  P.  Cianciarullo 
Mrs.  F.  A.  Curtiss 
Mrs.  Carmichael 
Mrs.  F.  M.  Chapman 
Miss  Mary  Carroll 
Mrs.  F.  E.  Carlton 
Mrs.  W.  A.  Coulter 
Mrs.  Mabel  Couch 
Mrs.  Chas.  Crothers 
Mrs.  Annie  Cummins 
Mrs.  Julia  Charles 
Mrs.  Cora  Cramer 
Mrs.  W.  H.  Concklin 
Miss  E.  Chase 
Mrs.  J.  Chase 
Mrs.  Alice  Crider 
Mrs.  J.  S.  Cunningham 
Mrs.  Mabel  Campbell 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Clark 
Mrs.  U.  S.  Clark 
Mrs.  Inez  Cottrell 
Miss  Bernice  Corkery 
Mrs.  W.  H.  Carmichael 
Miss  Margaret  Chiappe 
Miss  Marcia  Cather 
Mrs.  Clearwater 
Mrs.   Carlson 
Mrs.  Crew 
Mrs.  Cassidy 
Mrs.  R.  S.  Chandler 
Miss  L.  Canty 
Mrs.  J.  Curtis 
Mrs.  Cline 
Mrs.  F.  E.  Caton 
Mrs.  D.  Cerutti 
Miss  Crofoot 
Mrs.  C.  C.  Coolidge 
Miiss  Florence  Campbell 
Miss  Mary  Candee 
Miss  Hazel  Corey 
Miss  Edna  Corey 
Mrs.  G.  T.  Coleman 
Mrs.  A.  J.  Compton 
Mrs.  B.  Careaga 
Mrs.  Wm.  Campbell 
Miss  Ethel  Clayton 
Mrs.  K.  Compton 
Mrs.  P.  E.  Chandler 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Capien 
Mrs.  L.  H.  Cook 
Miss  Aline  Delmas 
Mrs.  Stella  T.  Davis 
Mrs.  Fred  Doerr 
Mrs.  J.  R.  Doyle 
Mrs.  H.  R.  Drew 
Mrs.  John  Drew 


Mrs.  Harvey  Dana 

Mrs.  Paul  Furst 

Mrs.  J.  E.  Hqllingsworth 

Mrs.  J.  H.  DuBois 

Mrs.  Mae  Faull 

Mrs.  C.  G.  Holmes 

Miss  L.  Devine 

Mrs.  J.  W.  French 

Mrs.  F.  Hermann 

Miss  May  Draper 

Mrs.  J.  V.  Finnemore 

Mrs.  W.  S.  Hazeltine 

Mrs.  Lucas  Downing 

Miss  A.  French 

Miss  May  Hoffman 

Mrs.  F.  Dreischmeyer 

Miss  Lena  Fate 

Miss  Hattie  Hoffman 

Mrs.  W.  H.  Davison 

Cornelia  M.  Farley 

Mrs.  A.  T.  Herrmann 

Mrs.  R.  Davison 

Mrs.  P.  F.  Gosbey 

Mrs.  B.  D.  Hull 

Miss  Eleanor  Drake 

Mrs.  N.  J.  Gray 

Mrs.  Ella  Haskin 

Mrs.  S.  F.  Carter 

Miss  Cora  Gillespie 

Mrs.  Zina  Hunt 

Miss  Faith  Crummey 

Mrs.  D.  J.  Gairaud 

Mrs.  L.  Hollister 

Mrs.  K.  C.  Carruthers 

Mrs.  S.  A.  Gunn 

Mrs.  Ed  Hamlin 

Mrs.  A.  J.  Cox 

Miss  Kathryn  Glubetich 

Mrs.  A.  J.  Henry 

Mrs.  M.  Costello 

Mrs.  Wilmer  Gross 

Miss  Juanita  Halsey 

Mrs.  E.  R.  Chapman 

Mrs.  C.  R.  Grant 

Mrs.  E.  H.  Hines 

Miss  Cunningham 

Mrs.  G.  B.  Gassett 

Mrs.  Belle  Healey 

Mrs.  Carpenter 

Mrs.  Pearl  Grundeland 

Mrs.  Hazel  Haub 

Mrs.  E.  A.  Emmons 

Mrs.  A.  T.  Griffin 

Mrs.  J.  E.  Hancock 

Mrs.  Joe  Evans 

Mrs.  A.  S.  Gilson 

Mrs.  O.  A.  Harlan 

Mrs.  E.  Or.  Emerson 

Mrs.  W.  L.  Gillham 

Mrs.  Ernest  Hammer 

Mrs.  L.  P.  Edwards 

Mrs.  R.  Griffin 

Miss  Helen  Harmes 

Mrs.  F.  Erhart 

Mrs.  M.  E.  Griffith 

Mrs.  V.  S.  Hillis 

Mrs.  H.  L.  Emerson 

Miss  Cora  Gillespie 

Miss  Tess  Henshaw 

Mrs.  Geo.  Evans 

Mrs.  Wm.  Gemmel 

Mrs.  M.  V.  Hubbard 

Mrs.  Jennie  Ebling 

Mrs.  Ella  Graham 

Mrs.  Charles  Hapgood 

Mrs.  Alice  Ebling 

Miss  Gladys  Gagliardo 

Mrs.  L.  E.  Hart 

Mrs.  Kate  Epping 

Mrs.  C.  Goldworthy 

Mrs.  E.  F.  Holbrook 

Mrs.  F.  M.  Eley 

Mrs.  Felix  Gunn 

Mrs.  Hajle 

Mrs.  J.  E.  Eachus 

Miss  lone  Griffith 

Mrs.  Iris  Hillman 

Miss  Edith  Eachus 

Mrs.  F.  W.  Gross 

Mrs.  Hansen 

Mrs.  E.  E.  Evans 

Mrs.  Mary  George 

Mrs  F.  E.  Hines 

Miss  Lena  Edwards 

Mrs.  N.  J.  Grey 

Mrs.  J.  K.  Henwood 

Mrs.  C.  F.  Edmonds 

Mrs.  James  Goodman 

Mrs.  F.  P.  Hayes 

Mrs.  C.  H.  Eccleston 

Mrs.  William  Gavin 

Mrs.  C.  J.  Hends 

Mrs.  J.  Enright 

Mrs.  S.  W.  Gilchrist 

Mrs.  H.  Hayman 

Mrs.  G.  A.  Eddy 

Mrs.  J.  W.  Gregg 

Miss  Kate  Henry 

Miss  Mabel  Ernst 

Mrs.  Thorn  Henderson 

Mrs.  J.  O.  Hestwood 

Miss  Winifred  Estabrook 

Mrs.  R.  D.  Horton 

Mrs.  Jack  Hatton 

Mrs.  C.  C.  Ford 

Mrs.  Edith  Hambly 

Miss  Edith  Hanson 

Miss  Mildred  Fleming 

Mrs.  Grace  Humburg 

Miss  Pearl  Harris 

Miss  Florence  Fisher 

Miss  Arleen  Hocking 

Mrs.  E.  A.  Holland 

Mrs.  H.  B.  Fisher 

Mrs.  W.  B.  Hobson 

Mrs.  Maurice  Holmes 

Mrs.  F.  L.  Fehren 

Mrs.  Frances  Hervey 

Miss  Clara  Innes 

Miss  C.  G.  Fischer 

Miss  Dorinda  Hayes 

Mrs.  S.  Inman 

Mrs.  Libbie  Farley 

Mrs.  W.  D.  Hatch 

Mrs.  R.  Inglcstadt 

Miss  Fosgate 

Mrs.  Lucy  Hull 

Miss  Mabel  Jorgensen 

Mrs.  Lucy  Eraser 

Miss  Marion  Hestwood 

Mrs.  Jones 

Mrs.  Mabel  Franklin 

Mrs.  J.  G.  Hobson 

Mrs.  W.  S.  Jackson 

Miss  M.  G.  Foster 

Mrs.  G.  W.  Healy 

Mrs.  W.  A.  Johnston 

Mrs.  Jane  Fisher 

Mrs.  Herndon 

Mrs.  H.  R.  Johnson 

Mrs.  Eunice  Frenn 

Mrs.  W.  L.  Howe 

Mrs.  F.  S.  Johnson 

Miss  Beatric  Fleming 

Mrs.  N.  L.  Hannah 

Mrs.  C.  P.  Johnson 

Mrs.  Ritchie  Field 

Mrs.  Rose  Harker 

Mrs.  A.  G.  Johns 

Mrs.  Gus  Fischer 

Miss  Julia  Harris 

Mrs.  Frank  Jameson 

Mrs.  F.  L.  Fowwler 

Miss  Percy  Harris 

Mrs.  W.  E.  Jenkinson 

Miss  E.  Fleming 

Mrs.  C.  E.  Hablutzel 

Mrs.  F.  P.  Jordan 

Mrs.  Mary  Ferguson 

Mrs.  Laura  Hickman 

Mrs.  W.  G.  Jones 

Mrs.  Ferguson 

Mrs.   Clara   Howe 

Mrs.  W  H  James 

Mrs.  J.  Frank 

Mrs.  Geo.  N.  Herbert 

Mrs.  Sidney  Johnson 

Mrs.  E.  Flanders 

Mrs.  A.  E.  Holmes 

Miss  Mabel  Johnson 

Mrs.  Fowler 

Mrs.  Howatsen 

Mrs.  F.  Johnson 

Mrs.  W.  J.  Fretwell 

Mrs.  J.  V.  Haley 

Mrs.  Henry  Johnson 

Miss  Marjorie  Fisher 

Mrs.  F.  R.  Hayward 

Mrs.   Edith   Jensen 

Mrs.  J.  A.  Frazier 

Miss  Orinda  Hildreth 

Miss  R.  Johnson 

67 


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Mrs.  Cora  H.  Johnston 
Mrs.  Augustus  Jones 
Mrs.  P.  A.  Jordan 
Mrs.  G.  E.  Johnson 
Mrs.  Grace  N.  Jordan 
Mrs.  L.  O.  Jack 
Mrs.  W.  L.  Koerber 
Mrs.  F.  J.  Kellar 
Mrs.  L.  L.  Kennedy 
Mrs.   H.   Kendall 
Mrs.  "W.  G.  Kays 
Mrs.  S.  W.  Keaton 
Mrs.  M.  W.  Kapp 
Mrs.  William  King 
Mrs.  Geo.  Keep 
Mrs.  B.  B.  Kavanaugh 
Mrs.  Herman  Keyser 
Mrs.  Walter  Klotzbaugh 
Mrs.  M.  Kirkpatrick 
Mrs.  H.  P.  Kessler 
Miss  Kocher 
Emma  Kleen 
Mrs.  Kearn 
Mrs.  Walter  King 
Mrs.  Lucille  Kooser 
Miiss  Lena  Lamar 
Mrs.  Hannah  Learner 
Mrs.  Kitty  Lee 
Mrs.  J.  W.  Lewis 
Miss  Lewis 
Miss  Grace  Larson 
Mrs.  J.  B.  Lannigan 
Mrs.  Guy  Latta 
Miss  Maud  Lundy 
Miss  Hazel  Lundy 
Miss  Clara  Levy 
Mrs.  D.  Lore 
Mrs.  B.  E.  Laughlin 
Miss  Gladys  Laughlin 
Miss  Roberta  Laughlift 
Mrs.  Landon 
Mrs.  Addie  Lumbard 
Mrs.  E.  J.  Langford 
Mrs.  W.  Lathrop 
Mrs.  Geo.  Lenzen 
Mrs.  E.  A.  Lee 
Mrs.  H.  E.  Laughlin 
Mrs.  C.  A.  Leddy 
Mrs.  Grace  Lane 
Mrs.  W.  A.  Lehorn 
Miss  Leiter 
Mrs.  C.  A.  Little 
Mrs.  E.  A.  Low 
Mrs.  Minnie  Lawrey 
Miss  Maud  Lamb 
Mrs.  E.  Lion 
Mrs.  E.  Lake 
Mrs.  C.  A.  Long 
Mrs.   Lunsford 
Mrs.  Nellie  Moody 
Mrs.  G.  Mthews 
Mrs.  Delia  Magistretti 
Miss  Margaret  Marshall 
Mrs.  Duncan  McKinley 


Mrs.  Walter  Murray 
Miss  E.  Morrison 
Mrs.  Laura  MuUer 
Mrs.  D.  G.  Morgan 
Mrs.  T.  P.  Mitchell 
Mrs.  E.  J.  Maley 
Mrs.  W.  H.  Metz 
Mrs.  Jessie  Miller 
Mrs.  B.  L.  Maxwell 
Mrs.  Milnes 
Mrs.  P.  Metcalf 
Miss  Mary  Maloy 
Mrs.  Harriet  Moore 
Mrs.  Wm.  Moon 
Mrs.  H.  H.  Madsen 
Mrs.  C.  B.  Mason 
Mrs.  A.  L.  Moyer 
Mrs.  J.  E.  Markley 
Mrs.  A.  O.  Mathews 
Mrs.  J.  W.  Mitchell 
Miss  P.  Mitchell 
Mrs.  Stephen  Maynard 
Mrs.  May  Myers 
Mrs.  H.  C.  Muller 
Mrs.  Ella  Moore 
Mrs.  Jack  Murray 
Mrs.  M.  E.  Martinelli 
Mrs.  May 

Mrs.  Chas.  A.  Mischo 
Miss  May  Mule 
Mrs.  P.  Mehan 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Murphy 
Miss  Lillie  Martin 
Mrs.  Chas.  Merritt 
Mrs.  Floyd  Maynard 
Mrs.  Mignon 
Mrs.  Birdie  Moore 
Mrs.  Geo.  Muirson 
Mrs.   K.  Ma<;Chesney 
Mrs.  F.  H.  Mead 
Mrs.  Chas.  H.  Miller 
Mrs.  B.  Myers 
Mrs.  M.  Maynard 
Mrs.  E.  Muirson 
Mrs.  A.  Madsen 
Mrs.  E.  Muirson 
Mrs.  Chas.  J.  Moore 
Mrs.  Jas.  Mooney 
Mrs.  W.  O.  Miller 
Mrs.  E.  A.  Mansfield 
Mrs.  F.  Munz 
Miss  Etta  Mathews 
Mrs.  J.  J.  Mora 
Mrs.  Morgan 
Mrs.  Edna  Mills 
Miss  Violet  McCarthy 
Mrs.  Lian  McCrone 
Miss  Mary  McKiernan 
Mrs.  McMahan 
Mrs.  F.  McCormack 
Mrs.  Bruce  McDonald 
Miss  Lucile  McClay 
Mrs.  Geo.  McCracken 
Miss  M.  McDonald 


Mrs.  V.  McWhorter 
Mrs.  W.  E.  McCurdy 
Mrs.  McDonald 
Mrs.  F.  D.  McCormic 
Miss  McCarthy 
Miss  Isabel  McKenzie 
Mrs.  Eobt.  McArthur 
Miss  E.  McGeoghegan 
Mrs.  H  .McKee 
Mrs.  G.  T.  McLaughlin 
Mrs.  Noonan 
Mrs.  Eoy  Newberry 
Mrs.  Edward  Newell 
Mrs.  H.  Nichols 
Mrs.  F.  A.  Nikirk 
Mrs.  M.  J.  Nye 
Mrs.  A.  J.  Newton 
Mrs.  Peter  Narvaez 
Mrs.  G.  E.  Nelson 
Mrs.  W.  A.  Nicholson 
Mrs.  C.  F.  Northrup 
Miss  Olga  C.  Nelson 
Miss  C.  M.  Newman 
Mrs.  Chas.  O'Brien 
Mrs.  Alice  O'Eourke 
Mrs.  Louise  O  'Connor 
Mrs.  N.  Ouimet 
Miss  Frances  Osen 
Miss  Mary  0  'Eourke 
Miss  Lila  O'Neale 
Miss  C.  O  'Connell 
Mrs.  C.  M.  Osenbaugh 
Miss  Pearl  Pierson 
Mrs.   Francis   Pellier 
Mrs.  Eobt.  Parker 
Mrs.   P.   L.   Perkins 
Mrs.  J.  K.  Pickering 
Mrs.  M.  V.  Powers 
Mrs.  Lucy  Powers 
Mrs.  Lucy  Perkins 
Miss  Callie  Parsons 
Mrs.  Pearl 
Mrs.  Olga  Peterson 
Miss  Belle  Paul 
Mrs.  Eva  Paul 
Mrs.  Pillott 
Mrs.  M.  E.  Pieper 
Miss  M.  Perry 
Mrs.  Postlethwaite 
Mrs.  Laura  Presho 
Miss  Nellie  Page 
Miss  May  L.  Proseus 
Mrs.  Tilda  Plummer 
Mrs.  E.  S.  Purdy 
Mrs.  Ed  Patterson 
Mrs.  F.  G.  Pyle 
Mrs.  W.  8.  Perren 
Mrs.  W.  S.  Powars 
Mrs.  Chas.  Page 
Mrs.  W.  Page 
Mrs.  Ed  Pelton 
Mrs.  N.  G.  Pyler 
Mrs.  Eussell  Patrick 
Mrs.  J.  Parker 


Mrs.  Praetorius 
Mrs.  Poulain 
Mrs.  Pritchard 
Miss  Palmer 
Mrs.  J.  M.  Parker 
Mrs.  Dora  Probst 
Mrs.  E.  O.  Pieper 
Mrs.  J.  E.  Phelps 
Mrs.  Chas.  Parkinson 
Mrs.  Mary  Pender 
Mrs.  A.  B.  Post 
Mrs.  C.  E.  Payne 
Miss  A.  Piazza 
Mrs.  T.  M.  Price 
Mrs.  L.  Pierce 
Miss  Ida  Pelton 
Miss  Elizabeth  Quinn 
Mrs.  Frazier  Beed 
Mrs.  Mary  Eyan 
Miss  Myrtle  Ricketts 
Mrs.  Ella  Powell 
Mrs.  L.  E.  Eeidy 
Mrs.  Florence  Eiley 
Mrs.  Eatz 

Miss  Margaret   Eiehl 
Mrs.  E.  L.  Bay 
Mrs.  Edith  Eobinson 
Mrs.  J.  B.  Pines 
Mrs.  C.  E.  Eandall 
Miss  E.  Eiebsam 
Mrs.  I.  Reiser 
Miss  Celia  Richards 
Mrs.  G.  W.  Ryan 
Mrs.  A.  G.  Eamstad 
Mrs.  Augustus  Eichards 
Mrs.  F.  H.  Eyan 
Mrs.  M.  Sophie  Ryan 
Mrs.  Nellie  Eothe 
Mrs;  J.  E.  Russell 
Mrs.  Ross 
Mrs.  Rasmussen 
Mrs.  Rodriguez 
Miss  Thelma  Roberts 
Miss  A.  M.  Rodgers 
Mrs.  Chas.  Richards 
Mrs.  Eaymer 
Mrs.  H.  Easmussen 
Mrs.  Ed  Eichmond 
Mrs.  E.  Roberts 
Mrs.  Wm.  Rambo 
Mrs.  Warren  Reilly 
Mrs.  O.  F.  Relph 
Mrs.  L.  Richards 
Miss   Irene   Ryan 
Mrs.  V.  R.  Hideout 
Mrs.  H.  Rich 
Mrs.  Rogers 
Miss  Susie  Reed 
Miss   Julia    Rogers 
Mrs.  Rhodes 
Miss  Reed 
Mrs.  V.  J.  Ruh 
Mrs.  MoUie  Rose 
Mrs.  Easmussen 


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Mrs.  PI.  W.  Stackpole 
Mrs.  Catherine  Slavich 
Mrs.   Ruth  Spinelli 
Miss  Doris  Spitzer 
Mrs.  L.  Souniksen 
Mrs.  D.  Lesesne  Smith 
Mrs.  F.  N.  Schiegener 
Mrs.  William  Simpson 
Mary  Sullivan 
Mrs.  Hilda  Summerhayes 
Mrs.  M.  Saph 
Mrs.  H.  H.  Stacy 
Mrs.  Jessie  Sonne 
Mrs.  M.  Smith 
Mrs.  P.  Sherburn 
Mrs.  S.  Sawyer 
Mrs.  B.  Scheen 
Miss  M.  Sherriffs 
Miss  Elizabeth  Shannon 
Mrs.  Geo.  S.  Sterges 
Mrs.  Eva  Stahl 
Mrs.  Lillie  McK.  Smith 
Miss  Mary  Smith 
Mrs.  J.  W.  Stackhouse 
Miss  E.  H.  Steam 
Mrs.  J.  "W.  Stough 
Mrs.  James  Shaw 
Mrs.  Herbert  Stockton 
Mrs.  C.  E.  Sain 
Miss  Esther  Sullivan 
Mrs.  W.  H.  Summers 
Mrs.  Paul  Sanford 
Mrs.  Alice  Selby 
Mrs.  L.  P.  Seheickert 
Mrs.  Helen  Schwitzgabel 
Miss  May  Sullivan 
Mrs.  E.  E.  Sutherland 
Mrs.  Leonore  Squires 
Mrs.  Geo.  Stillwell 
Mrs.  Grace  Soares 
Mrs.  Helen  Sears 
Mrs.  Jack  Shea 
Miss  Swain 
Mrs.  O.  Steinbach 
Mrs.   Edwin   Simpkins 
Mrs.  Sprague 
Mrs.  W.  H.  Stray 
Miss  May   Spencer 
Mrs.  William  Steves 
Mrs.  M.  Shattuck 
Mrs.   Douglas   Sim 
Mrs.  Geo.   Singletary 
Mrs.  Hamilton  Sim 
Miss  L.  Shafter 
Miss  H.  Spring 
Mrs.  G.  B.  Seeley 
Mrs.  W.  H.  Smith 
Mrs.  John  L.  Stubb 
Miss  Myrtle   Shafer 
Mrs.  M.  8.  Shafer 
Miss  Katherine  Sinnott 
Mrs.  F.  B.  Snow 
Mrs.  Joseph  Sloss 
Mrs.  Luella  Smith 


Mrs.  W.  E.  Sentell 
Mrs.  Seeley 
Mrs.  H.  Schroeder 
Mrs.  Sheflin 
Mrs.  Steele 
Miss  Agnes  Sullivan 
Miss  Dorothy  Stacy 
Miss  M.  B.  Simonds 
Miss  Nell  Spencer 
Mrs.  R.  C.  Storie 
Mrs.  C.  K.  Seely 
Miss  Lotta  Tonkin 
Miss  Norma  Tombs 
Katherine  Tormey 
Mrs.  Ella  Tyler 
Mrs.  A.  Topp 
Mrs.  Sam  Tompkins 
Mrs.  J.  F.  Thompson 
Mrs.   Walter    Trinkler 
Mrs.  C.  E.  Townsend 
Miss  Anais  Torr 
Mrs.  G.  Telfer 
Miss  Maud  Trephagcn 
Mrs.  Lou  Tripp 
Mrs.  F.  E.  Trone 
Mrs.  N.  G.  Tyler 
Mrs.  W.  J.  Temple 
Mrs.  E.  Trengrove 
Mrs.  Terry 
Mrs.  Fred  Turner 
Mrs.  W.  I.  Teters 
Mrs.  R.  H.  Topham 
Miss  Gertrude  Trace 
Miss  Marion  Thompson 
Mrs.  Laura  Taylor 
Mrs.  S.  M.  Temple 
Miss  E.  Taylor 
Miss  Jewel  Trephagen 
Mrs.  John  Taylor 
Mrs.  Edna  M.  Toy 
Mrs.  Charles  W.  Toy 
Emily  Tiexeira 
Alice  Von  Dorsten 
Mrs.  Harry  Vance 
Miss  Lucile  Vining 
Mrs.  S.  Van  Dalsem 
Mrs.  Ida  Veit 
Mrs.  J.  F.  Valpey 
Mrs.  Ralph  Volkers 
Mrs.  F.  Van  Dorsten 
Mrs.  J.  A.  Van  Tyne 
Miss  Jane  Vincent 
Mrs.  Elmer  Ware 
Mrs.  F.  P.  Willot 
Mrs.  Philip  Wise 
Mrs.  Chas.  Wright 
Mrs.  Emma  Warner 
Miss  Catherine  Wood 
Mrs.  E.  E.  Weldon 
Miss  Alice  Weir 
Mrs.  Wright 
Mrs.  Edwin  Wilcox 
Miss  E.  Weisendanger 
Mrs.  Alice  Winans 


Mrs. 

H.  A.  White 

Mrs. 

0.  Waite 

Mrs. 

Georgia  Willey 

Mrs. 

J.  Williams 

Mrs. 

H.  B.  Wright 

Mrs. 

N.  H.  Weaver 

Mrs. 

R.  B.  Wright 

Mrs. 

Margaret  Werner 

Mrs. 

T.  D.  Webster 

Mrs. 

Williams 

Mrs. 

Ida  Wehner 

Mrs. 

E.  Wislocke 

Mrs. 

8.  B.  Wills 

Miss 

Anna  Wilcox 

Mrs. 

F.  A.  Wiry 

M.  E 

!.  B.  Weddell 

Mrs. 

8.  W.  Waterhouse 

Miss 

Onida  Welsh 

Miss  A.  Weaver 

Mrs. 

M.   C.   Woodruff 

Miss 

S.  Whitehurst 

Miss 

Marian  Yernini 

Mrs. 

F.  D.  Wolfe 

Miss 

Stella  Zumwalt 

Mrs. 

Sheldon  Wills 

PALO  ALTO  OEOUP 

MBS.  W.  B.  ALLEN,  Lt.-Colonel 
MAJORS. 
Mrs.  Arthur  Boiler  Mrs.  E.  J.  Roberts 

Mrs.  F.  M.  McFarland 


Mrs.  R.  W.  Ames 
Mrs.  T.  Allen 
Kate  L.  Applegate 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Borden 
Ethel   Boulware 
Miss  B.  Beeny 
Mrs.  0.  G.  Baldwin 
Mrs.   Robert   Compton 
Mrs.  Robert  Cody 
Mrs.  C.  P.  Cooley 
Mrs.  L.  E.  Cutter 
Mrs.  Cottle 
Miss  A.  Corey 
Miss  P.  Corey 
Mrs.  C.  A.  Chaguette 
Mrs.  Cokley 
Miss  Martha  Downing 
Miss  Herva  Dunshee 
Mrs.  R.  Doane 
Mrs.  J.  Dunker 
Mrs.  E.  Eckley 
Miss  Polly  Echals 
Miss  Margaret  Evans 
Mrs.  D.  C.  Grant 
Miss  R.  Green 
Mrs.  E.  G.  Greene 
Augusta  Gillespie 
Mrs.  C.  E.  Henry 
Mrs.  R.  Hubbs 
Mrs.  G.  W.  Harms 
Miss  A.  Howard 
Mrs.  Harry  Haehl 
Mrs.  W.  Huston 
Mrs.  G.  Krause 


Palo  Alto 

Mrs.  B.  H.  Malone 
Mrs.  G.  Montell 
Mrs.  6.  C.  Miller 
Mrs.  Parker  Maddux 
Miss  Abbie  Paulson 
Mrs.  Prior 
Mrs.  L.  L.  Place 
Mrs.  Preisker 
Frances  Patterson 
Mrs.  A.  Quinn 
Mrs.  C.  Quinn 
Mrs.  O.  Bhodes 
Mrs.  M.  B.  Boiler 
Mrs.  Fred  Roller 
Mrs.  E.  D.  Ritchey 
Mrs.  F.  J.  Snow 
Mrs.  J.  C.  Spencer 
Mrs.  J.  P.  Smith 
Mrs.  Sproat 
Mrs.  F.  W.  Sherman 
Mrs.  H.  M.  Smith 
Miss  Ruth  Squire 
Mrs.  M.  K.  Swearingen 
Mrs.  A.  M.  Umphreys 
Mrs.  W.  C.  Uberry 
Mrs.  A.  Worshing 
Miss  Myra  Waterman 
Mrs.  M.  Wattenberger 
Mrs.  H.  M.  Weir 
Zelma  6.  Wilson 
Estelle  Whitehurst 
Mrs.  W.  C.  Werry 
Mrs.  A.  V.  Williams 


Mrs.  A.  H.  Brooks 
Mrs.  Ethel  Brown 
Mrs.  L.  L.  Burlingame 
Miss  Esther  B.  Clark 
Mrs.  A.  L.  Green 
Miss  Alice  N.  Hays 

Mrs.  Q.  E.  Beall 


Stanford 

Mrs.  Eliot  Jones 
Mrs.  E.  P.  Leslie 
Miss  I.  McKracken 
Mrs.  6.  C.  Price 
Mrs.  H.  W.  Stuart 
Mrs.  B.  Willis 
Mayfleld 

Mrs.  Ida  Beall 


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Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Miss 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 


Mrs. 
Mrs. 

Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Miss 
Mrs. 
Miss 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Miss 
Mrs. 
Miss 
Mrs. 
Miss 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Miss 
Mrs. 


Geo.  Bittrick 
G.  O.  Call 
Henry  Grabb 
Florence  Coburn 
Leslie  Hight 
Bert  Holston 
Jos.  Jury 
Fred  Lewis 
Monte  Matheson 
Ynez  Morgan 
Alice  Morrell 
Frank  D.  Minaker 
Hulda  Mount 


Mrs.  Thos.  Nichols 
Mrs.  James  Oct 
Mrs.  W.  Palamountain 
Mrs.  Allen  Prior 
Mrs.  Allison  Peacock 
Mrs.  T.  J.  Palameter 
Mrs.  Joe  Ponce 
Mrs.  Alex  Peers 
Mrs.  W.  O.  Shreve 
Miss  Emlis  Simpson 
Mrs.  F.  Streeter 
Mrs.   Monroe   Simpson 
Mrs.  Frankie  Southwick 
LOS  GATOS  GROUP 
MES.  Z.  S.  RI6GS,  Lt.-Colonel 
MAJORS. 
P.  J.  Fretwell  Mrs.  F.  Battee 

T.  J.  Morris  Mrs.  J.  M.  C.  Walker 


H.  S.  Beckwith 
Oscar  Benson 
Olga  Benson 
Gertrude   Davis 
Elsie  Davis 
J.  E.  Ellis 
P.  J.  FretTi^ell 
Annie  Graham 
G.  L.  Gunn 
Hoover 
C.  Higuera 
B.  Holthouse 
T.  E.  Johns 
J.  Jensen 
M.  Jorgensen 


Miss  Lily  Malley 
Miss  Eita  Nevill 
Mrs.  W.  A.  Piatt 
Mrs.  G.  E.  Plock 
Mrs.  Zedd  S.  Eiggs 
Miss  Eossiter 
Mrs.  D.  E.  Bounds 
Miss  Sara  Eobinson 
Mrs.  G.  B.  Stewart 
Mrs.    Albert   Swanson 
Mrs'.  H.  G.  Shirley 
Miss  Emily  Smith 
Miss  Endora  Scott 
Mrs.  L.   H.   Wright 
Mrs.  Ella  Yocco 


Mrs. 
Miss 
Mrs. 

Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Miss 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 

Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 


T.  P.  Morris 

SUNNYVALE  GROUP 

MRS.  S.  L.  BEEBY,  Lt.-Colonel 

MAJORS. 

F.  E.  Cornell  Mrs.  H.  A.  Eingstorff 

M.  Farrell  Mrs.  F.  Skinner 

H.  A.  Lillick 


B.  Andrus 
V.  Austin 

E.  H.  Burton 
W.  C.  Beach 
S.  X.  Bodin 

C.  Benner 


Mrs.  August  Landen 
Mrs.  Ora  Lyndon 
Mrs.  Bertha  Palmer 
Mrs.  Gertrude  Parks 
Mrs.  Wm.   Ramsey 
Miss  H.  G.  Stelling 


Nellie   Clemence  *    Mrs.  J.  C.  Sutherland 


E.  Correa 
R.  F.  Davison 
W.  Frey 
Fred  Hughes 
K.  8.  Hazeltine 
D.  Hayes 
W.  Hewitt 

MOUNTAIN  VIEW 


Mrs.  C.  H.  Spaulding 
Mrs.  J.  B.  Sloan 
Mrs.  B.  Spedding 
Mrs.  D.  C.  Van  Eaton 
Mrs.  Frank  Willson 
Mrs.  Adolph  Zolezzi 


J.  Dale 

J.  E.  Kleeekner 
B.  W.  Holman 
J.  S.  Mockbee 
E.  Minton 
G.  Parkinson 


Mrs.  L.  E.  Walters 
Mrs.  H.  Ehlers 
Mrs.  G.  Leven 
Mrs.  J.  McCleary 
Mrs.  Labrucherie 
Mrs.  C.  Wright 


SARATOGA— Booker  Group 
MRS.  W.  G.  TOMLINSON,  Lt.-Colonel. 


Mrs.  B.  G.  Bazata 

Miss  Mary  Hourecan 

Mrs.  S.  D.  Bruna 

Mrs.  J.  G.  Kennedy 

Mrs.  J.  E.  Bell 

Mrs.  J.  King 

Miss  F.   Cunningham 

Mrs.   Robert   Knapp 

Miss  S.  Cunningham 

Mrs.  J.  M.  Lipscomb 

Miss  G.  Currier 

Mrs.  W.  A.  Rice 

Mrs.  H.  A.  Clark 

Miss  Jessie  Russell 

Mrs.  H.  P.  Dyer 

Mrs.  L.  W.  Scott 

Mrs.  J.  A.  Emerick 

Mrs.  F.  Sanders 

Mrs.  Lilian  Elberg 

Miss  Ruth  Wood 

Mrs.  E.  L.  Floyd 

Miss  Eva  Wakefield 

CAMPBELL  GROUP 

MRS.  GEO. 

PASSO,  Lt.-Colonel. 

MAJORS 

Mrs.  G.  Pace 

Mrs.  A.  C.  Keesling 

Mrs.  I.  Saunders 

Mrs.  E.  Wiesendanger 

Mrs.  J.  C.  Ainsley 

Mrs.  J.  Hyatt 

Mrs.  M.  Arnott 

Mrs.  M.  Boss 

Mrs.  Roy  Archibald 
Mrs.   S.   Brandenberg 
Mrs.  J.  A.  Crawford 
Mrs.  V.  Cutting 
Mrs.  H.  Cooley 
Mrs.  H.  Collins 
Mrs.  Mabel  Davidson 
Mrs.  W.  E.  Eckles 
Mrs.  A.  J.  Farley 


Mrs.  Lucy  Smith 
Mrs.  M.  Smith 
Mrs.  L.  Skelly 
Mrs.  E.  Smith 
Miss  J.  Thompson 
Miss  Florence  Wade 
Mrs.  A.  Butts 
Mrs.  A.  Conant 
Mrs.  S.  J.  Dodd 


Mrs.  E.  K.  Glendenning     Miss  M.  Chappell 


Mrs.  Ralph  Hyde 
Mrs.  Henry 
Miss  Anna  Haeglin 
Mrs.  Johnson 
Mrs.  Eobert  Kennedy 
Mrs.  J.  Kalas 
Mrs.  W.  I.  Merrill 
Mrs.  T.  Mendel 
Mrs.  Lena  Moulton 
Miss  Ada  Nelson 
Mrs.  J.  C.  Olds 
Mrs.  Geo.  Page 
Mrs.  M.  Purmort 
Mrs.  Ellis  Preston 
Mrs.  W.  L.  Pitman 
Mrs.  F.  M.  Eighter 
Miss  Mary  Eodeek 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Stubbs 
Mrs.  Sutter 
Mrs.  Harriet  Smith 
Mrs.  Leigh  Saunders 


Mrs.  H.  Gates 
Mrs.   E.   Houghwort 
Mrs.  L.  Moulton 
Mrs.  C.  B.  Crosby 
Mrs.  A.  E.  Earl 
Mrs.  L.  Erlberg 
Miss  G.  Payne 
Mrs.  A.  Vanarsdel 
Mrs.  D.  Wiesendanger 
Mrs.  F.  Duncan 
Miss  A.  Duncan 
Mrs.  H.  Cooley 
Miss  V.  Cutting 
Mrs.  E.  Hanger 
Mrs.  W.  L.  Pitman 
Mrs.  I.  Shelly 
Mrs.  S.  Brandenburg 
Mrs.  H.  Collins 
Mrs.  E.  Smith 
Mrs.  F.   Hutten 
Mrs.  J.  Thompson 


LINCOLN,    COLLINS,    SAN    ANTONIO,   DOYLE, 
MONTABELLA  GROUP 

MRS.  A.  A.  HALSEY,  Lt.-Colonel. 
MAJORS. 
Mrs.  D.  Blabon  Mrs.  I.  A.  Ball 

Mrs.  Arch  Wilson  Miss  L.  Bear 

Mrs.  C.  Warren 


Miss  F.  Anderson 
Miss  M.  Barber 
Mrs.  C.  D.  Barnbauer 


Miss  C.  Hansen 
Mrs.  E.  Hanrahan 
Mrs.  W.  Hyde 


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Miss  C.  Lannis 
Mrs.  C.  Lowe 
Mrs.  H.  H.  Mosher 
Mrs.  A.  W.  Johnson 
Mrs.  0.  W.  Proctor 
Mrs.  D.  C.  Braid 
Miss  E.  Bocks 
Mrs.  H.  Burtner 
Mrs.  A.  B.  Crane 
Mrsr.  W.  C.  Calvert 
Mrs.  A.  W.  Cutts 
Miss  E.  Christiansen 
Mrs.  E.  H.  Burgin 
Mrs.  C.  R.  Ford 
Mrs.  A.  Hall 
Mrs.  D.  C.  Howard 
Mrs.  A.  G.  Lyle 
Mrs.  K.  Miner 
Mrs.  C.  N.  Miller 
Mrs.  E.  J.  Parish 


Mrs.  E.  Auld 
Miss  E.  P.  Eastman 
Mrs.  P.  Goodlove 
Mrs.  J.  A.  Haskins 
Mrs.  R.  Haines 
Mrs.  S.  H.  Kifer 
Mrs.  J.  A.  McDonald 
Miss  F.  North 
Mrs.  R.  Billou 
Mrs.  I.  Bollinger 
Mrs.  M.  Bollinger 
Miss  M.  Holburn 
Mrs.  J.  K.  Jackson 
Mrs.  J.  Lundy 
Miss  L.  Nelson 
Mrs.  V.  E.  Parish 
Miss  H.  Pettit 
Mrs.  Pope 

Mrs.  A.  A.  Schoenheit 
Mrs.  A.  Streeter 


Mrs.  F  A.  Taft 

MIIPITAS  GROUP 

MISS  N.   EVANS,   Lt.-Colonel. 

MAJORS 
Mrs.  E.  P.  Giacomazzi         Mrs.  John  Ogier 
Dr.  Amy  Bowen  Hittell     Mrs.  J.  Laffey 


Miss  G.  Abel 
Mrs.  A.  L.  Crabb 
Mrs.  Joe  Evans 
Mary  Farney 
Miss  Mabel  Hansen 
Mrs.  Nellie  C.  O'Brien 
Miss  Annie  Rose 
Mrs.  J.  C.  Smith 
Mrs.  A.  M.  Standish 
Miss  Elizabeth  Weller 
Mrs.  A.  J.  Amann 
Miss  N.  Anderson 
Miss  O.  Anderson 
Mrs.  K.  Beck 
Miss  D.  Burk 
Mrs.  H.  Burk 
Mrs.  G.  Brown 
Miss  E.  Foster 
Miss  B.  Metzger 
Miss  H.  Moody 
Mrs.  W.  Moore 
Mrs.  H.  A.  Tomason 
Miss  M.  Topham 
Mrs.  Dyer 
Miss  S  P.lickinger 
Mrs.  L.  P.  Graham 
Mrs.  C.  Swickard 
Mrs.  J.  Vennum 
Mrs.  Abbott 
Mrs.  W.  A.  Ashwortli 


Mrs.  W.  S.  Gage 
Miss  M.  Overfelt 
Mrs.  G.  6.  Siguard 
Miss  E.  Snell 
Mrs.   T.  Aquiar 
Miss  M.  Beverson 
Mrs.  C.  Beverson 
Mrs.  E.  Correa 
Mrs.  J.  Correa 
Mrs.  E.  Lynn 
Miss  G.  McCarthy 
Mrs.  J.  Ogier 
Mrs.  J.  J.  O'Brien 
Mrs.  E.  Reed 
Miss  P.  Shallenberger 
Mrs.  M.  Weston 
Mrs.  Davee 
Miss  A.  Davee 
Miss  Harper 
Mrs.  Lord 
Miss  Shirley 
Mrs.  W.  Zanker 
Mrs.  W.  F.  Zanker 
Miss  E.  Evans 
Miss  A.  Rose 
Miss  M.  Curtner 
Miss  M.  Hanson 
Mrs.  C.  Brundago 
Mrs.  C.  Turner 
Mrs.  W.  Wade 


MORGAN  HILL  OROXJP 

MRS.  O.  H.  BARNHART,  Lt.-Colonel. 

MAJORS 

Mrs  C.  D.  Robertson  Mrs.  J.  E.  Robertson 

Mrs.  Nelson  Barton 


Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Miss 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Miss 
Mrs. 
Miss 
Mrs. 
Miss 
Mrs. 
Miss 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Miss 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mts. 
Mrs. 
Miss 
Mrs. 
Miss 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 


Miss 
Miss 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 

Mrs. 
Miss 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Miss 
Mrs. 
Miss 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 


L.  Bowtell 
Brownlee 
Barton 
R.  Davis 
E.  Dassel 
W.  Dow 
C.  Dowell 
Dickerson 

A.  Enyart 

C.  Hatch 

G.  Hamilton 
G.  Headley 
E.  Johnson 
M.  Kenworthy 
J.  Miller 
J.  Nelson 
J.  Percell 
N.  Stone 
L.  Vogle 

D.  Weichart 
R.  Weichart 
W.  H.  Britton 

C.  Duniface 

D.  Liston 
R.  Patchel 
J.  Juessen 

E.  Juessen 
Barton 
Brown 

J.  W.  Marks 
H.  A.  Peppin 
P.  Ramelli 

B.  Stevens 

F.  Stevens 
J.  Shepherd 
M.  Kirby 
P.  J.  Kirby 
N.  Kirby 
Mast 
Misner 

D.  T.  Norton 


Mrs.  C.  Sawyer 
Mrs.  C.  Stone 
Mrs.  G.  Bradley 
Mrs.  H.  L.  Allen 
Mrs.  O.  Benson 
Miss  O.  Benson 
Mrs.  B.  Castle 
Miss  A.  Graham 
Miss  M.  Jorgensen 
Mrs.  F.  Millard 
Mrs.  J.  Manchiso 
Mrs.  F.  Manchiso     , 
Miss  G.  Blake 
Mrs.  G.  Rjuret 
Miss  F.  Dudley 
Miss  B.  Holthouse 
Mrs.  G.  Malech 
Mrs.  J.  P.  Schcuer 
Mrs.  O.  F.  Van  Dorsten 
Mrs.  C.  Fraus 
Mrs.  R.  L.  Gunn 
Miss  S.  Hoover 
Miss  C.  Higuera 
Mrs.  F.  Hauck 
Mrs.  P.  S.  Hawry 
Miss  Catherin  Rogan 
Mrs.  Rhodes 
Mrs.  T.  T.  Tourtellotte 
Mrs.  C.  Baum 
Mrs.  W.  Cobb 
Mrs.   O.  Christopher 
Mrs.  E.  Carraher 
Mrs.  L.  Frost 
Mrs.  C.  Frost,  Jr. 
Mrs.  R.  Good 
Mrs.  H.  Johnson 
Mrs.  A.  Nelson 
Mrs.  A.  C.  Robertson 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Swickart 
Mrs.  W.  Sherriffs 
Mrs.  A.  Wild 


P.  Raggio 

GILBOY  GROUP 

MRS.  W.   B.   HOLESCLAW,   Lt-Colonel 

MAJORS 
E.  Duckemin  Mrs.  L.  F.  Howe 

M.  L.  Ingham  Mrs.  H.  Brown 

J.  Kilgore  Mrs.  Calt 

C.  Winans  Mrs.  Nettie  Wilson 


O.  Burr 
E.  Casey 

E.  D.  Crawford 
R.  O.  Cook 

F.  Congable 
Clevere 

A.  Feeney 
K.  Fancy 
W.  C.  Hays 
R.  Leherpfer 
K.  Peers 
P.  Peabody 
J.  Princevalle 


Miss 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Miss 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Miss 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 


O.  Rivard 

F.  Rice 

G,  Reeve 

B.  Selvester 

C.  Thornton 
G.  Wood 

C.  Wenty 
B.  Wenty 
J.  L.  Carlyle 
A.  A.  Fowler 
R.  Howes 
Bergewitz 
J.  Shepherd 


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Mrs.  E.  Callkin 
Miss  Easton 
Miss  DeRose 
Mrs.  A.  Baldwin 


WAR  HISTORY  OF  SANTA  CLARA  COUNTY 

Miss  F.  Martin 
Mrs.  R.  Dexter 
Miss  C.  Dexter 
Mrs.  A.  Bryant 

Mckinley,  EVEEaREEN,  highland,  jack 

SON,  MT.  PLEASANT,  MT.  HAMILTON, 

HALLS   VALLEY   HARNEY, 

FRANKLIN  GROUP 

MRS.  J.  P.  8HAMBEAU,  Lt.-Colonel. 

MAJORS 


Mrs.  R.  G.  Aitken 
Mrs.  John  Jepson 

Mrs.  A.  F.  Davis 
Miss  D.  Powell 
Miss  E.  Roffinella 
Mrs.  R.  G.  Aitken 
Mrs.  Robinson 
Mrs.  P.  Longwell 
Mrs.  F.  Anderson 
Mrs.  C.  Christensen 
Mrs.  H.  DeLacy 
Mrs.  W.  F.  Pfeifle 
Mrs.  J.  Gomez 
Mrs.  J.  Jepson 
Mrs.  R.  Lawry 
Mrs.  A.  V.  Lawrence 
Mrs.  A.  Pearson 
Miss  F.  Reid 
Mrs.  H.  C.  Stevens 
Mrs.  W.  Stevens 
Mrs.  Weishart 


Mrs.  A.  R.  McClay 
Mrs.  A.  Washburn 

^ 

Mrs.  T.  Amaya 

Mrs.  N.  E.  Emanuel 

Mrs.  J.  Fair 

Mrs.  J.  E.  Hensell 

Mrs.  D.  Quinn 

Miss  N.  Quinn 

Mrs.  J.  L.  Beed 

Mrs.  L.  Tedevy 

Miss  C.  Hassler 

Miss  L.  Hassler 

Mrs.  H.  R.  Hart 

Mrs.  A.  Haentze 

Miss  M.  Kelliher 

Mrs.  H.  Mirasso 

Miss  L.  McClay 

Mrs.  A.  Sund 

Mrs.  C.  Krickeberg 

Mrs.  O.  Larson 

Mrs.  J.  S.  Nelson 

Mrs.  A.  Tetrict 

SANTA  CLARA 

MRS.  JAMES  GLENDENNING,  Lt.-Colonel. 

Santa  Clara  No.  1. 

MRS.  W.  C.  HAMAN,  Major. 

Mrs.    H.    Eberhard  '  Mrs.   L.  A.   Dow 

Mrs.  H.  Menzel  Mrs.  Ruff 

Mrs.   C.  W.  Townsend       Mrs.   Weston 
Mrs.  Slavens 
Miss  B.   Tully 
Mrs.  F.  Fowler 
Miss  R.   Sousa 
Miss  I.  Lauck 
Mrs.   F.   Jenkins 
Miss    C.    Collingsworth 
Miss  M.   Smith 
Miss  Parker 
Miss  E.  McNab 
Mrs.    Dougherty 
Mrs.  S.  Maybe 
Mrs.  M.  Mello 
Mrs.   E.   Hirsch 
Mrs.    Wealty 
Mrs.   T.   F.   Williams 
Mrs.    A.    D.    Plummer 


Mrs.  D.   Eckstein 

Mrs.  H.  H.  Johnsen 

Mrs.  M.    Hazeltine 

Mrs.  F.    Dreischmeyer 
Miss  B.  Downing 

Mrs.  M.  Burrell 

Miss  P.  Shaw 

Miss  E.  Lindroth 

Miss  C.  Boll 

Mrs.  K.    McKinnon 

Miss  I.    Eckstein 

Miss  V.    Eckstein 

Mrs.  D.  M.  Brock  * 

Miss  Enright 

Miss  A.  Johnsen 

Miss  S.   Dickenson 

Mrs.  N.  Linderoth 


Santa  Clara  No.  2. 

MRS.  G.  HAMILTON,  Major. 
Mrs.  L.  S.  Rogers  Mrs.  C.  A.  Mclntyre 

Mrs.  D.  N.  Wallace  Mrs.  Green 

Mrs.  A.  E.  Graham  Miss  E.  Scott 


Mrs.   F.    M.   Jordan 
Mrs.  O.  N.  Yerkes 
Mrs.   S.   Brown 
Mrs.   C.   E.  Newton 
Miss  E.  Nace 
Mrs.  J.  Brown 
Mrs.  C.  L.  Rich 
Mrs.  I.   Harlen 
Mrs.  M.  D.  Antone 
Miss   B.   Eaton 
Mrs.   F.   McAdams 
Mrs.   W.   C.   Smith 
Mrs.  C.  Gallup 
Mrs.   O.   H.   Benjamin 
Mrs.   G.  Gibbs 


Mrs.  I.  Thomas 
Mrs.   S.   Maynard 
Mrs.  M.  Warren 
Miss  Colonica 
Mrs.  N.  Austin 
Mrs.  C.  Percival 
Mrs.  J.  Steinhart 
Mrs.  C.  Jackson 
Mrs.  J.  Kersell 
Mrs.  M.  Johns 
Mrs.  W.  Kenyon 
Mrs.  A.  R.  Morrison 
Mrs.  J.  Enos 
Miss  M.  Grubb 
Miss  N.  Stewart 
Santa  Clara  No.  3. 
MRS.  V.  FERNISH,  Major. 


Mrs.  A.  L.  Adams 
Mrs.  W.  E.  Wadams 
Mrs.  Wald 
Mrs.  B.  Morse 
Mrs.  H.  Roth 
Mrs.  N.  Jackson 
Mrs.  R.  Withrow 
Mrs.  A.  J.  Morrison 
Miss  M.  Oaks 
Mrs.  L.  Higgins 
Mrs.  John 
Mrs.  L.  Gardner 
Mrs.  Van  Netta 
Mrs.  Nordholt 
Mrs.  J.  Lovell 
Mrs.  B.  Alderman 
Miss  N.  Fassett 
Mrs.  Graham 
Mrs.  C.  A.  Thompson 
Mrs.  Will  Higgins 
Miss   Mary   Roth 


Mrs.  L.  Oswald 
Mrs.  J.  Karr 
Mrs.  Murphy 
Mrs.  C.  Perles 
Mrs.  C.  N.  Berrell 
Mrs.  V.  Boynton 
Mrs.  N.  Clark 
Mrs.  F.  McQuoid 
Miss  F.  Thompson 
Mrs.  C.  Morrison 
Miss  L.  Miller 
Miss  R.  Kohner 
Mrs.  M.  Sole 
Miss  A.  Bray 
Miss  I.  Oaks 
Miss  D.  Withrow 
Miss  Phelps 
Miss  B.  Warren 
Mrs.  J.  McPherson 
Mrs.  A.  Elliott 
Mrs.  F.  Williams 


Santa  Clara  No.  4. 

MRS.  G.  SULLIVAN,  Major. 


Mrs.  R.  Fatjo 
Miss  E.  Flannery 
Miss  K.  Plunkett 
Miss  M.  Haight 
Mrs.  R.  Saunders 
Miss  N.  Graham 
Mrs.  N.  Miller 
Mrs.  Bergman 
Mrs.  J.  Nisius 
Mrs.  M.  Jones 
Miss  Jones 
Miss  J.  Keller 
Mrs.  M.  Smith 


Mrs.  C.  Elliott 
Mrs.  I.  V.  Crow 
Mrs.  M.  Rabie 
Mrs.  P.  Phillips 
Miss  A.  Pipes 
Miss  M.  Colonica 
Mrs.  Day 
Miss  M.  Mello 
Mrs.  M.  S.'Sullivan 
Miss  M.  Mastinelli 
Mrs.  M.  Bergman 
Mrs.  J.  French 


Meridian. 
MBS.  F.  NEWTON,  Major. 


Mrs.  F.  O.  Farris 
Mrs.  E.  Berry 
Miss  E.  Jorgenson 
Mrs.  J.  C.  Hansen 


Mrs.  W.  I.  Brown 
Mrs.  C.  L.  Grimmer 
Mrs.  V.  T.  McCurdy 


Jefferson. 

MRS.  I.  WILCOX,  Major. 


Mrs.  6.  Bray 


Mrs.  B.  Kennedy 


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Miss  E.  Brown 
Mrs.  W.  F.  Wilcox 
Mrs.  L.  Wilcox 
Mrs.  C.  Bracher 
Miss  H.  Westou 
Miss  F.  Oaks 


Mrs.  F.  A.  Wilcox 
Miss  E.  Brown 
Miss  N.  Phillips 
Mrs.  J.  Parker 
Mrs.  W.  J.  Mathewson 


Mrs.  A.  Von  Briken 
Mrs.  R.  H.  Jamison 
Mrs.  H.  McComas 
Mrs.  A.  E.  Brown 


Agnew. 
MRS.  L.  STOCKING,  Major. 

Mrs.  G.  Hunter 
Mrs.  Frith 
Miss  Espanca 
Mrs.  Liguori 

Mllllken. 
MRS.  I.  POMEROY,  Major. 

Mrs.  J.  L.  Sharp  Mrs.  B.  F.  Johnson 

Mrs.  F.  A.  Sherman  Mrs.  W.  S.  Bennett 

Mrs.  J.  Leonard  Mrs.  M.  Grimes 

NURSES 

Nurses  from  Santa  Clara  County  who  served  with 

The  American  Expeditionary  Forces: 
Mrs.  Mayme  E.  Barry,  R.  N. 
Miss  Adelaide  Lamareaux,  R.  N. 
Miss  Harrie  Larmer,  R.  N. 
Miss  Caroline  Roberti,  R.  N. 
Miss  Ethel  Rahm,  R.  N. 
Miss  Judith  Sarauelson,  R.  N. 
Miss  Esther  Tucker,  R.  N. 
Miss  Hazel  Thompson,  R.  N. 
Miss  Josephine  Vandergon,  R.  N. 
Miss  Ann  Vargas,  R.  N. 
Miss  Marie  Vandergon,  R.  N. 

Nurses  from  Santa  Clara  County  who  served  in  the 
Hospitals  of  the  Army  and  Navy  of  the  U.  S.  A. 

Miss  Hilda  N.  Berg,  R.  N. 

Miss  Muriel  Chesbro,  R.  N. 

Miss  Grace  M.  Clark,  R.  N. 

Miss  Marguerite  Clemmena,  R.  N. 

Miss  Muriel  I.  Eddy,  R.  N. 

Miss  Olive  M.  Fleming,  R.  N. 

Miss  Mabel  J.  Hanner,  R.  N. 

Miss  Ella  M.  Hess,  R.  N. 

Miss  Selma  V.  Jacobson,  R.  N. 

Miss  Flora  R.  Kreiss,  R.  N. 

Miss  Mary  Melissa  Murphy,  R.  N. 

Mrs.  Ermina  J.  Maggini,  R.  N. 

Mrs.  Mary  L.  McCall,  R.  N. 

Miss  Eleanor  Montgomery,  R.  N. 

Miss  Florence  B.  Mills,  R.  N. 

Miss  Mary  E.  Rothrock,  R.  N. 

Miss  Effie  M.  Rowe,  R.  N. 

Miss  Ruth  Rowley,  R.  N. 

Miss  Anna  May  Smith,  R.  N. 

Miss  Gladys  Stebbins,  R.  N. 

Miss  Georgie  M.  Tremaine,  B.  N. 

Miss  Helen  E.  Woodmansee,  B.  N. 

Miss  Thelma  B.  Whitehurst,  B.  N. 

Miss  Florence  C.  Weichert,  R.  N. 
Note:  R.  N.  Registered  Nurse. 


PHYSICIANS, 

Physicians  and   Surgeons  who   entered   the   United 
States  Service  during  the  World  War: 

M.  D.  Baker 
Ray  K.  Barry 
Geo.  L.  Barry 
J.  I.  Beattie 

E.  J.  Chesbro 
S.  E.  Dickinson 
J.  M.  Fisher 

B.  Gattucio 

F.  J.  Gerlach 
J.  U.  Hall 

C.  E.   Hablutzel 
C.  B.  Hare 

E.  L.  Hogg 

A.  S.  J.  Smith 
J.  S.  Staub 

F.  M.   Siebert 
J.  B.  Thomas 

B.  Thomas 


P.  A.  Jordan 

M.   W.  Kapp 

Miss   Viola   Lantz 

Miss  C.  D.  Mosher 

Miss  Ethel  D.  Owen 

W.  I.  Merrill 

F.  Paterson 

P.  Rice 

C.  M.  Richards 

L.  M.  Rose 

H.   B.   Reynolds 

F.  S.  Ryan 

J.   C.   Silliman 

C.  H.  Walter 

C.  A.  Wayland 
R.   A.   Whiffen 

D.  R.  Wilson 

Bay    Lyman    Wilbur 


Van   Dalsep^    \      P.  L.  Wise 

JTISTS 


^  R   Van   Dalsem    \ 


The  following    named    Dentists    joined  the  United 

States  Service  during  the  War: 
C.  D.  Bradley  Chas.  L  Hamilton 

J.  R.  Conner  C.  C.  Markres 

M.  T.   Green  Cyril-    Shot)(te)ihamer 

VOLUNTEERS 

Those  who   Volunteered   Services   at   Headquarters 

doing  Clerical  and  other  Work: 

TEACHERS 

Adeline   Coyle 
Lorraine   Connor 
Mary   P.   Carroll 


Edith  Ayer 
Olive    Alexander 
Luella   Alexander 
Anna  Alexander 
Camille    Allison 
Annie   Acworth 
Mrs.  C.  A.  Appel 
Emma  Basse 
Lucy  Botsford 
Marcella  Barry 
Lola  A  Balis 
Julia    Bellingall 
O.  D.  Baker 
Sadie   Bean 
Lucy  A.  Barker 
Crevola    Bronson 
Louise   C.  Bruch 
Lotta  Bland 
Emma  Blauer 
Cecelia    Carmichael 
Mrs.   Elva   Cureton 
Kate  J.  Curley 
Bessie   V.   Cowden 
Miss  Bessie  I.  Cole 
Mrs.  Ella  M.  Cox 
Sarah  Conroy 
May  F.  Coolidge 
Caroline    Canelo 


Mary   E.  Darling 

Anna  Darling 

Hazel   Davis 

Kate  Devine 

Maud    Drexler 

Elizabi^th    Donovan; 

Mrs.  Janie  Eachus 

J.  C.  Elder 

Clara    Eberhard 

Mrs.   Carrie   P.   Fowler 

Mary  Farney 

Ida  Fullager 

Miss  C.  M.  Farley 

Frances    Gondring 

C.  B.  Gleason 

Glenn   H.    Hill 

B.  A.  Hicks 

Kate  Henry 

Camilla    Heald 

Pearl   Harris 

Ida   Harmon 

Irene  Hewitt 

Lucille  Hardy 

MoUie   A.  Indra 

Elma  Ingalls 


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Loma  E.  Jordan 
F.  P.  Jeffers 
Edith   Jarman 
Anna  M.  Kullak 
Jessie    E.    Luschinger 
Agnes    C.    Lynn 
Jennie  Leh 
Lottie  J.  Lake 
Maybelle    Murphy 
Mrs.    Louisa    Murphy 
Mary  Malloy 
Frank    Huff 
Laura  Hickman 
M.  S.  Hickman 
Stella   Herndon 
Genevieve   Home 
Etta  Hunt 
Hattie    Hoffman 
Mrs.  Eva  B.  Morrison 
Hazel  I.  Macaulay 
Annette    Mitchell 
Bsssie    McCaustland 
Marguerite   McDermott 
Mary  McDonald 
Ida  P.  McMillan 
Eliabeth  McKiernan 
Georgia  McCrone 
Gala  McCracken 
Miss  E.  A.  McSwain 
Miss  Anna  Nicholson 
Mrs.  Selma  B.  Olinder 
Minnie  O'Hara 
Cecelia  O'Neil 


H.  E.  Oliver 
Mrs.  Fred  Pinard 
■Jean  Provan 
Mrs.  Mary  Pillot 
Velicia  Perkins 
Alice  M.  Page 
Miss  Pearl  Pitcher 
Marguerite  Bitchie 
Elizabeth  Eiebsam 
Henrietta  Biebsam 
M  Enna  Bingo 
Minnie  E.  Rohrback 
Imogene  Reed 
Kathryn  Boss 
Annette  Bipley 
Mrs.  A.  C.  Sterett 
Lyle  Stevens 
Clara  Seiter 
Lena  Schaefer 
Luella  G.  Smith 
Francis  Schallenberger 
Mary  G.  Tormey 
Elsie  B.  Tatham    ., 
Edith. L.  Talberti^ 
Alice  E.  Weir 
Jessie  Williamson 
Carrie  F.  Williams 
Alice  Williston 
Virginia  Williams 
Anna  B.  Wilson 
E.  L.  Zahn 
Miss  Christine  Zoffman 


•f 


OTHER  VOLUNTEERS 


Mabel  Alieson 
Mrs.  W.  E.  Albee 
Mary  E.  Armstrong 
Mrs.  Warren  Allen 
Mrs.  Isabelle  Barnes 
J.  E.  Baker 
Laura  F.  Bennett 
Elizabeth  Bullitt 
Elizabeth  Bergler 
Anna  Blauer 
Mrs.  Laura  B.  Bailey 
Georgia  Bingham 
Mrs.  M.  E.  Bennett 
Mrs.  J.  E.  Baker 
Grace  Barstow 
Mrs.  F.  R.  Barker 
Mrs.  Pearl  Bennett 
Mrs.  C.  E.  Copeland 
Miss  Lettie  Carter 
Mrs.  E.  J.  Chaboya 
Alberta  Curtner 
Mrs.  Amy  Curtner 
Mary  P.  Corkery 
Dorothy  Curtner 
Mrs.  Arthur  Curtner 
Mr.  I.  H.  DuBois 
Mrs.  L  H.  Dubois 
Mrs.  C.  P.  Dampier 
Tessie  Devine 


Vivien  Dickinson 
Grace  Dalesandro 
S.  J.  Dodd 
Velma  Eastin 
Fern  Elder 
Dr.  Franklin 
Mrs.  Freelyn  Fox 
Nellie  Flickinger 
Mrs.  C.  O.  Gates 
E.  B.  Huntington 
Mrs.  A.  Hood 
Margaret  Hanson 
Mrs.  Chester  Herold 
Mary  P.  Hanson 
Miss  Edith  Henshaw 
E.  P.  Haley 
Helen  Harms 
Henry  Hirsch 
Mrs.  Carrie  Haley 
M.  H.  Kunzie 
Nina  C.  Kyle 
Lillian  Kaiser 
Mrs.  Lou  E.  Kerr 
Mrs.  R.  J.  Langford 
Mrs.  J.  B.  Lamar 
Mrs.  E.  H.  Leitch 
Mrs.  Cora  Vale 
Mrs.  L.  6.  Waldron 
Miss  E.  Wright 


Mrs.  P.  M.  Weddell 
Mrs.  A.  G.  Wilkins 
Georgia  Willey 
Phoebe  Mitchell 
Mrs.  E.  G.  Miller 
Mrs.  Mack 
Geo.  I.  Miller 
P.  Morshead 
Mrs.  A.  McKee 
Mrs.  J.  M.  Noonan 
Mrs.  Roland  Neal 
Mrs.  W.  R.  Payne 
Marian  Quinlan 


Isabell  C.  Rodgers 
Mrs.  P.  Rhyne 
Mrs.  S.  B.  Roberts 
Emma  Richards 
Helen  Smith 
E.  K.  Stafford 
Bertha  Stackhouse 
Mrs.  Nell  Spencer 
Miss  F.  Troughton 
Mrs.  W.  B.  Thomas 
Mrs.  J.  M.  Thompson 
Mrs.  W.  Turnbull 


Monthly  Canteen  Captains  and  Committees 

National  Defenders  Club,  San  Jose 
FIRST  DAY 

MBS.  D.  MacKINLAY,  Captain. 
Mrs.  Geo.  W.  Ferine  Mrs.  J.  U.  Hall 


Mrs.  J.  Irving  Beattie 
Mrs.  Douglas  Sim 
Miss  Mabel  Adell 
Miss  Elizabeth  Bullitt 


Mrs.  Frank  King 
Mrs.  Ed  Havens 
Mrs.  Walter  Field 
,\      Mrs.   Wm.   Fosgate 
Miss  Caroline  Fosgate 

SECOND    DAY 
MRS.  M.  W.  KAPP  and  MBS.  ANNA  CUMMINS, 

Captains. 
Mrs.  Geo.  S.  Parkinson       Mrs.  R.  B.  Pawcett 
Miss  W.  Lathrop 
Mrs.  H.  P.  Fleming 
Mrs.  W.  A.  Coulter 
Mrs.  Chester  Herold 


Mrs.  D.  R.  Wood 
Mrs.  Earl  Parrish 
Mrs.  Lesense  Smith 
Mrs.  C.  H.  Hervey 


THIRD  DAY 

MRS.  CHARLES  R.  PARKINSON,  Captain. 
Mrs.  Belle  Bangs  Mrs.  Wm.  McCormick 

Mrs.  D.  Cerrutti  Mrs.  H.  A.  Nichols 

Mrs.  F.  A.  Curtiss  Mrs.  Ada  Wright 

Mrs.  Leonard  Edwards 

FOURTH  DAY 
MRS.  PETER  DUNNE,  Captain. 
Mrs.  M.  Haywards  Mrs.   Lola  Tait 

Miss  Edna  Lotta  Mrs.  Nicholas  Bowden 

Miss  Marjorie  Moore         Mrs.  N.  E.  Yoacum 
FIFTH  DAY 
MRS.   KARL   PLATTE,   Captain. 


Miss  Florence  Park 
Miss  Hazel  Park 
Mrs.  Edwin  Schneider 
Mrs.  David  Burnett 


Mrs.  Paul  Purst 
Mrs.  Chas.  Kuhn 
Mrs.  S.  Waterhouse 
Miss   Florence   Selby 
Mrs.  James  Bullitt 

SIXTH  DAY 
MRS.  DAVID  BEATTIE,  Captain. 
Mrs.  F.  W.  Angier  Mrs.  Ella  von  Havenburg 

Mrs.  Ida  Beattie  Miss  Edith  Mclntyre 

Mrs.  Geo.  L.  Downing       Mrs.  Ann  McSwain  Tones 
Mrs.  Ella  Tata  Miss  Edna  Bocks 

SEVENTH  DAY 
Mrs.  S.  H.  Y.  OGIEB,  Captain. 
Mrs.  Geo.  Borchers  Miss   Florence   Carder 

Mrs.  Carleton  Crane  Miss  Ida  Wehner 

Mrs.  S.  D.  Farrington       Mrs.  J.  Lee  Ogiei- 


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Miss  Elizabeth  Evans 
Mrs.  Frank  Kelly 


Mrs.  W.  H.  Gray 
Miss  Belle  Eaton 
Mrs.  Mildred  Evans 

EIGHTH  DAY 
MRS.  ELMER  CHASE,  Captain. 
Mrs.  A.  S.  Appleton  Mrs.  C.  N.  Osenbaugh 

Mrs.  C.  A.  Randall  Mrs.  Philip  Wise 

Mrs.  Charles  O'Brien         Mrs.  Frank  Johnston 
Mrs.  Walter  Johnston 

NINTH  DAY 
MRS.  LOUIS  SONNIKSEN,  Captain. 
Mrs.  N.  B.  Kooser  Mrs.  Al  Jarman 

Mrs.  Walter  Wood  Mrs.   Susie  Gregg 

Mrs.  Floyd  Stull  Mrs.  Kate  Sheaff 

Mrs.  L.  H.  D.  Faaer 

TENTH  DAY 
MRS.  PAUL  WILLIAMS,  Captain. 
Mrs.  G.  Sanders  Mrs.  A.  E.  Holmes 

Miss  Alice  Putman  Mrs.  Ed  Peterson 

Mrs.  P.  Metcalf  Mrs.  E.  R.  Morgan 

Mrs.  R.  B.  Leland 

ELEVENTH  DAY 
MRS.  FRANK  LEIB,  Captain. 
Mrs.  Leon  Hirseh  Mrs.  Harry  Postlethwaite 

Mrs.  Charles  O'Brien         Miss  M.  Postlethwaite 
TWELFTH  DAY. 
MRS.  P.  F.  GOSBEY,  Captain. 
Mrs.  H.  H.  Madsen  Mrs.  Wm.  Van  Dalsem 

Mrs.  J.  R.  Kocher  Mrs.  S.  B.  Van  Dalsem 

Mrs.  Louis  Oneal  Mrs.  M.  M.  Warren 

Mrs.  Chas.  M.  Richards       Miss  Clara  Smith 
THIRTEENTH  DAY 
J.  W.  DAVY,  Captain. 
Mrs.  N.  H.  Bullock  Mrs.  H.  E.  Thompson 

Mrs.  S.  B.  Blanehard         Mrs.  Wilmer  Gross 
Mrs.  Wm.  Beasly  Miss  Ann   KuUack 

Mrs.  S.  Tompkins  Mrs.  A.  E.  Wilcox 

FOXJHTEENTH  DAY 
MRS.  NICHOLAS  BOWDEN,  Captain. 
Mrs.  Archer  Bowden  Mrs.  Ann  McSwain  Jones 

Mrs.  J.  E.  Fisher  Miss  A.  Nicholson 

Mrs.  J.  H.  Pierce  Miss  Elizabeth  Evans 

Mrs.  Fred  Moore  Miss   Martha   Trimble 

Mrs.  Arthur  Field  Miss  Isabel  Mackenzie 

Mrs.   Lincoln   Cothran        Miss  Katherine  Sinnott 
Mrs.  Peter  Dunne 

FIFTEENTH  DAY 
MRS.  MARY  RHODES  BARSTOW,  Captain. 
Miss  Grace  Barstow  Mrs.  Blaney  Maynard 

Mrs.  W.  T.  Rambo  Mrs.   Stephen   Maynard 

Mrs.  M.  Waite  Mrs.   Maurice   Connell 

SIXTEENTH  DAY 
MRS.  WILLIS  CLAYTON,  Captain. 
Mrs.  Clyde  Alexander         Mrs.  David  Low 
Mrs.  H.  Booksin,  Jr.  Mrs.  Ida  McArthur 

Mrs.  S.  H.  Chase  Mrs.  M.  E.  Earle 

Mrs.  J.  B.  Clayton  Mrs.  M.  E.  Faulle 

Mrs.   Hugh   Center  Mrs.  A.  D.  Chase 

Mrs.  O.  A.  Harlan 

SEVENTEENTH  DAY. 
MISS  ETHEL  CLAYTON,  Captain. 
Mrs.  George  Hamilton       Miss  Grace  Terwilliger 


Miss  Florence  Clayton       Mrs.  S.  Butler 

Mrs.  Bert  Goldsmith  Mrs.  Chas.  K.  Fleming 

Mrs.  Geo.  F.  Sturgess 

EIGHTEENTH  DAY 
MRS.  E.  T.  STERLING,  Captain. 
Mrs.  David  Burnett  Mrs.  F.  W.  Gross 

Mrs.  J.  R.  Chace  Mrs.  V.  B.  Law 

Mrs.  H.  B.  Martin  Mrs.   Frances  Wilder 

Mrs.  Geo.  Muirson 

NINETEENTH  DAY 
MRS.  W.  E.  BLAUER,  Captain 
Mrs.  W.  L.  Woodrow  Mrs.   Arthur  Butcher 

Miss  Grace  Woodrow         Mrs.  Oscar  Eberhard 
Miss  Virginia  Williams       Mrs.  J.  C.  Blair 
TWENTIETH  DAY 
MRS.  WM.  ALEXANDER,  Captain 
Mrs.  J.  W.  Edmundson       Miss  Gertrude  Payne 
Mrs.  E.  N.  Richmond         Miss  M.  Gleason 
Mrs.  George  Richmond       Mrs.  C.  J.  Holmes 
TWENTY-FIRST  DAY 
MRS.  M.  E.  FAULLE,  Captain. 
Mrs.  W.  S.  Clayton  Mrs.   Clyde  Alexander 

Mrs.  M.  E.  Earle  Miss  Liza  Stock 

Mrs.  V.  Law  Mrs.  Samuel  Tompkins 

TWENTY-SECOND  DAY 
MRS.   A.   C.   DARBY  and  MRS.   J.   R.   ROBERTS, 

Captains. 
Mrs.  C.  K.  Fleming  Mrs.  Chas.  E.  Howes 

Mrs.  F.  Cain  Mrs.  George  Wakefield 

Mrs.  Mary  Brown  Mrs.  Annie  Wilcox 

Mrs.  R.  Greenleaf  Mrs.  H.  A.  Johnston 

TWENTY-THIRD  DAY 
MRS.  C.  E.  HABLUTZEL,  Captain. 
Mrs.  G.  A.  Velser  Miss  Bessie  Cole 

Miss  Ida  Lameraux  Mrs.  S.  Bogart 

Miss  Christine  Zoffman     Mrs.   Charles  Crothers 
TWENTY-FOURTH  DAY 
MRS.  W.  P.  LYON,  Captain. 
Mrs.  J.  O.  Hayes  Miss  Sibyl  Hayes 

Mrs.  A.  C.  Hayes  Miss  Lyetta  Hayes 

Mrs.  E.  A.  Hayes  Miss  Miriam  Hayes 

Mrs.  H.  E.  Owen  Miss  Katherine  Gather 

Miss  Florence  Carder         Miss   Lena  C.   Linderman 
Miss  Edith  Bogart 

TWENTY-FIFTH  DAY 
MRS.  J.  E.  HANCOCK,  Captain. 
Mrs.  Fred  Brown  Miss  Edith  Henshaw 

Mrs.  R.  J.  Langford  Mrs.  Ed  Peterson 

Mrs.  E.  O.  Pieper  Miss  Anita  Colombet 

Mrs.  Robert  Wright 

TWENTY-SIXTH  DAY 
MRS.  HARRY  POSTLETHWAITE,  Captain. 
Mrs.  Alexander  Boomer     Mrs.  Ray  Wilson 
Mrs.  H.  W.  Coe  Mrs.  Coffin 

Mrs.  L.  E.  Petrie  Miss  M.  Postlethwaite 

Mrs.  E.  B.  Laughlin  Mrs.  Frank  Leib 

TWENTY-SEVENTH  DAY 
MRS.  P.  A.  JORDAN,  Captain. 
.\Trs.  W.  C.  Bailey  Mrs.  Wm.  Lean 

Mrs.  W.  C.  Bogen  Mrs.  Frank  Patterson 

Mrs.  Arthur  Curtner  Mrs.  F.  E.  Ferrell 

Mrs.  F.  L.  Fehren 


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WAR  HISTORY  OF  SANTA  CLARA  COUNTY 


Mrs.  A.  S.  Williams 
Mrs.  J.  W.  Lewis 
Mrs.  Miri«in  KiehmoiiH 
Miss  Charlotte  Shafter 


TWENTY-EIGHTH  DAY 

MRS.  EARNEST  LION,  Captain. 
Mrs.  Frank  Temple 
Mrs.  W.  L.   \Voodrow 
Miss  Grace    vVoodrow 
Miss  Virginia  Williams 
Mrs.   Wm.  Posgate 

TWENTY-NINTH  DAY 
MRS.  LESTER  MORSE,  Captain. 
Mrs.  G.  Bascom  Miss  Katherine  Sinnott 

Mrs.  Clarence  Coolidge       Miss  Bertha  Giles 
Mrs.  J.  E.  Fisher  Miss  Laura  Bailey 

Mrs.  Lester  Pierca  Mrs.  George  Muirson 

THIRTIETH  DAY 
MRS.  I.  A.  FRAZER,  Captain. 


Mrs.  Arthur  M.  Free 
Mrs.   Charles   Turner 
Mrs.  C.  Hatch  Johnston 
Mrs.  Frazer  Reed 


Mrs.  Wm.  Simpson 
Mrs.  W.  N.  Avery 
Mrs.  Belle  Machfert 
Mrs.  Helen  Quilty 
Mrs.  Albert  Haentze 

THIRTY-riEST  DAY 
MRS.  BLANEY  MAYNARD,  Captain. 
Mrs.  M.  D.  Baker  Mrs.   H.  J.  Beal 

Mrs.  Stephen  Maynard     Mrs.  Maurice  Connell 
Mrs.  H.  F.  Coykendal        Mrs.  V.  E.  Parrish 
FIRST  SUNDAY 
MISS  FRANCES  SCHALLENBERGER,  Captain. 
Miss  Stella  Campbell         Mrs.  George  Green 
Miss  Josephone  DanielsonMiss  Delma  Phelps 
Miss  Genevieve  GoodacreMiss   Mabel   Kimball 
Mrs.  H.  E.  Landon  Miss  Ona  Rounds 


Mrs.  George  Worswiek 
Mrs.  X.  E.  Burns 


Miss  Edith  Sloane 


Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Miss 


SECOND  SUNDAY 

MRS.  R.  R.  JOHNSTON,  Captain. 

W.  P.  Dougherty         Mrs.  Charles  Cassin 


Louis  King 
Frank  Reidy 
Frank  Mayhew 
Evelyn  Murphy 


Miss  Ann  Collins 
Mrs.  Ervin  Frasse 
Mrs.  J.  E.  Goodwin 
Mrs.  J.  R.  Chace 


Mrs. 
Miss 
Miss 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 


Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Miss 
Miss 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 


THIRD   SUNDAY 

MRS.  LEONARD  STOCKING,  Captain. 


Leo  Archer  Mrs.  E.  W.  Mullen 

Ella  Brown  Mrs.  Alice  Roedel 

Teckla  Pieper  Mrs.  Walter  Wilcox 

Olga  Braslan  Mrs.  E.  O.  Pieper 

W.  B.  Hobson  Miss  Lolita  Arnold 

FOURTH  SUNDAY 
MRS.  MAURICE  CONNELL,  Captain. 
A.   T.   Herrmann        Mrs.   Mary  Barstow 
Miss  Grace  Barstow 
Miss  Virginia  Williams 
Mrs.  George  May 
Mrs.  George  Wakefield 


Henrietta  Willey 
Agnes  Lynn 
Cora  Ripley 
E.  H.  Thompson 
Alexander  Boomer 


FIFTH  SUNDAY 
MRS.    FRANK    LEIB    and    MRS.    CHARLES.   R 

PARKINSON,  Captains. 
Miss  Hazel  Park  Mrs.  Albert  Jarman 

Mrs.   Louis   Sonniksen        Mrs.  Henrietta  Willey 
Miss  Florence  Park  Miss  Bernice  Downing 

Mrs.  Frank  King 


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IN 

MEMORIAM 

Following 

are  the 

names  of"  our  men 

who  made  the 

Supreme  Sacrifice 

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Ellas  Ananstasion 

Bruno  Montorosso 

Joseph  F.  Andrade 

Frank  J.  Murrin 

Harvey  C.  Bames 

Salvatore  Muro 

Joseph  Basseile 

Daniel  J.  Narvies 

Eohert  J.  Bennett 

Allan  H.  Nichols 

Barnard  M.  Bustard 

Frank  H.  Nichols 

Antonio  Camastro 

Frank  J.  Nunes 

Joseph  L.  CancUla 

Mervln  Neugrass 

Louis  V.  Castro 

Charles  H.  Pappassi 

Hugh  L.  Carney 

Antone  Parades 

Harrison  J.  Cleaver 

Joe  Prader 

Charles  C.  Crews 

John  E.  Pashote 

Arthur  C.  Chiles 

Albert  G.  Perkins 

Charles  C.  Cook 

Manuel  Q.  Perry 

William  Couch 

A.  E.  Preston 

William  F.  Covill 

John  F.  Pereira 

Thomas  J.  Clunie 

Paul  J.  Plnnola 

WilUam  M.  de  la  EocheUe 

Angelo  R.  Pinto 

Frank  Devoney 

John  Pourroy 

John  J.  Dorsey 

John  Regan 

Robbecole  Disappa 

Ernest  R.  Rines 

Bay  F.  Dugdale 

Leon  Roberts 

Norman  Dunhar 

Joseph  L.  Rose 

Elmer  H.  Flagg 

Manuel  R.  Rose 

Elmer  L.  Fresher 

J.  S.  Rumsey 

James  G.  Ferguson 

Seeley  T.  Shaw 

Hiram  B.  Fisher 

Fredrick  E.  Sanders 

Ben  Garcia 

Elvyn  B.  Sedam 

Toney  P.  Gomes 

Gilbert  Spencer 

Lome  A.  Goode 

Harry  N.  Schneider 

Wilbur  J.  Gross 

Lawrence  W.  Schrier 

Fred  A.  Hall 

Ira  M.  Smith 

Carl  J.  Hagel 

Anton  Sigurd 

Frank  J.  Hagen,  Jr. 

Sidney  W.  Simpson 

Walter  Hartman 

Thomas  Short 

Walter  A.  Hllden 

John  G.  Sturlo 

Mervyn  J.  Hoadley 

Joseph  V.  Splngola 

Maltria  Hugeback 

Verne  I.   Taylor 

Jarvis  J.   Johnson 

John  L.  Timosci 

Joseph  F.  Kelly 

Frank  B.  Tost 

Arthur  C.  Kimber 

Nick  J.  Vaccarello 

Ralph  V.  Leggett 

Manuel  J.  Vargas 

Walter  Logan 

John  J.  Voss 

Leo  J.  McCauley 

Clark   B.   Waterhouse 

Maurice  F.  Manha 

Harold  Woolf 

Lester  J.  McKinley 

Albert  F.  Wooley 

David  E.  McComel 

Earl  C.  Young 

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